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Movie Moguls MingleKirk Douglas, Roger Corman (!) and Bradley Cooper among Hollywood One-Percenters

honoring Robert De Niro, p. 14

Shameless Self-PromotionPlaudits for cover and feature article on An American Tango in MJ Winter/Spring 2012-

2013 semi-annual edition, p. 8

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 11 • MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 38 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 44

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60-year family tradition of decorating Montecito’s Community Tree moves from San Ysidro at Jameson to Manning Park, p.12

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5 Editorial How the shooting in Newtown, CT affects Montecito’s schoolchildren 6 Montecito Miscellany Prince Harry’s potential visit; book bash for Mollie; Richard’s 200th column

celebration; Eric Schmidt turns down offer; Susan Keller’s strange incident; Paul McNabb writes first novel, Los Suenos featured in Wall Street Journal; Aulos Ensemble presents “Joyeux Noel”; Parade of Lights; holiday soirée at the Giffords; Quire of Voyces’ performance; Saul Steinberg passes

8 Letters to the Editor Bob Veloz thrilled to see MJ glossy edition; Linda Newlin writes on behalf of

Community Film Studio; Karen Tsutsumida fed up with poor cell reception11 This Week in Montecito Men’s Shopping Night at Bonita; Janet Lucy signs book; MUS Winter Sing;

Living Nativity at First United Methodist Church; public viewing at Westmont; Christmas Eve and Christmas services; New Yorker discussion group; open auditions for CSA’s “Seniors Have Talent”; ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on

the beach12 Village Beat Firefighters and Beautification committee get in Christmas spirit; Country

Mart update; “super happy hours” at Montecito Country Club, featuring Jazz All Stars

14 Seen Around Town Robert De Niro honored by SBIFF at Bacara; Scholarship Foundation of Santa

Barbara celebrates 50th Anniversary year20 On Finance David Bradley explores the ins and outs of Roth IRA conversions 22 Celebrating History Santa Barbara Historical Museum celebrates holidays and museum’s 80th

anniversary25 Seniority Association for Senior Care works hard to create gift baskets for low-income

seniors 26 Sheriff’s Blotter Teacher arrested; tools stolen from vehicle on Whitney Avenue; man overshoots

hang glider landing, ends up in cemetery 29 Ernie’s World Ernie’s houses a different type of Christmas tree this year Book Talk Three Novellas by Leo Tolstoy features three short novels that demonstrate why

Tolstoy is at the top of countless “Best of ” lists 31 Your Westmont Keck Telescope zooms in on lunar craters; business students present winning

plan; Alpha Resource honors a professor32 Our Town 27th Annual Parade of Lights34 On Entertainment Tommy & the High Pilots return for annual Christmas show; State Street Ballet’s

production of The Nutcracker; “Rubicon Family Christmas” musical revue 38 Guide to Montecito Eateries The most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned

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40 Legal Advertisements41 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week44 Calendar of Events Dave Koz and Friends’ Christmas Tour; Moscow Ballet at Chumash Casino;

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Mourning in Montecito

Newtown, Connecticut is a storybook New England town founded in 1705, tucked away in Fairfield County, some 60 miles northeast of New York City. Prior to last Friday, it was known as a quiet, peace-

ful and affluent bedroom community. Newtown’s most notable resident was the inventor of Scrabble, James Brunot. Median household income is just over $90,000 a year. Its 27,560 residents reside in 8,325 households, 3,681 of which include children under the age of 18. The town has four public elementary schools, grades K-4 – Sandy Hook Elementary (the scene of the shooting), Head O’Meadow Elementary, Hawley Elementary and Middle Gate Elementary, plus Reed Intermediate School (grades 5-6), Newtown Middle School (grades 7-8), and Newtown High School (grades 9-12). The Newtown Bee is the town’s weekly newspaper. Published continually since 1877, it has been owned by the Smith family since 1881.

Montecito is a similar small town with 8,965 residents who reside in 2,593 family households. Median household is just under $110,000 a year. Montecito has two public elementary schools grades K-6 – Montecito Union School with 482 children, ages 5 through 11, and Cold Spring Elementary with 181 children of the same ages.

Heroism and HelplessnessLast Friday, eleven days before Christmas, 26 people were systematically

executed, including 20 beautiful children, ages 6-7, gunned down by a deranged shooter at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Included in the murders were the Principal, the school psychologist, and four teachers.

No one can look without tears at the pictures of children like Emilie Parker, age 6, with her blonde hair and innocent cornflower blue eyes, a joyful child, shot multiple times, and lost forever in this senseless outrage. One 2nd-grade teacher, Kaitlin Roig, locked her 15 children into a tiny bathroom, telling them, “I love you very much and it’s going to be okay”; and it was. Still, the heroism and helplessness of the teachers and first responders was scant consolation for the magnitude of this heinous crime.

Security of School ChildrenNewtown’s fatal wound is felt in every community across America. Anxious

parents in Montecito want to know what the protocols are to try and keep class-rooms safe and secure. Dr. Patricia Price, Superintendant and Principal at Cold Spring Elementary School, notes that her school continues to have monthly intruder drills to ensure that every precaution is in place for every child’s safety. In light of recent events, she promises that Cold Spring will have a laser-like focus on the school’s duty and obligation to protect its children.

Tammy Murphy, Superintendent, notes that Montecito Union School (MUS) also conducts monthly drills to help teachers and students learn how to deal with various disaster situations. Last May, MUS conducted a two-day secu-rity assessment from a leading security firm, Hillard Heintze of Chicago. MUS implemented suggestions and incorporated them into its Facilities Master Plan. Two teachers I spoke with at MUS were opposed to on-campus armed security guards, feeling this was more threatening to young children.

Explaining the Shooting Horror to Young ChildrenWhat do you say to young children to explain what happened in Newtown?Tammy Murphy sent a letter to all parents last Friday, hours after the shoot-

ing. Her advice to parents was to keep their children’s routines as normal as possible. Limit media exposure for elementary age children as television images and messages can be troubling. Be honest with your kids; share with them as much information as they are developmentally able to handle. Listen to kids’ fears and concerns. Reassure them that they are safe, but let them know that there are bad people who do bad things.

Dr. Price adds more good advice. Parents need to be available to children and display calmness. Nurturing and supportive parents provide a safe place for chil-dren to express their emotions and ask questions. Parents and teachers should be prepared to answer difficult questions by reassuring children that teachers and school staff have safety measures in place that are there to protect children.

With regard to the madness that occurred at Newtown, Cold Spring has adopted a strategy to not discuss this incident with its students collectively, but to prepare its teachers to answer individual questions from children expressing concern or fears. The best advice, it seems, is for adults to remind their children that they are there to provide safety, comfort and support… and to give them a warm and happy hug. •MJ


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After celebrating its centennial with a visit by Prince William and Kate last year, the Santa

Barbara Polo Club could be having another royal visitor in due course, I can exclusively reveal.

The Duke of Cambridge’s younger brother, Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, has played on the East Coast twice in 2009 and 2010 in the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic.

Both tournaments were on New York’s Governors Island in aid of Sentebale, the charity Harry set up with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help poor children and AIDS orphans in the small nation of 2,194,000 sur-rounded by South Africa.

The events were attended by a host of celebrities, including Madonna, Kate Hudson, Chloe Sevigny, Julianna Margulies and rapper LL Cool J.

“It would be nice to have Harry come to the West Coast, given he has never played in California,” says Argentinian ace and Polo model, Nacho Figueras, who played in both New York matches against HRH for Ralph Lauren’s Black Watch team.

“He’s a very competitive player and rides well. Hopefully we can get him to Santa Barbara in connection with his charity in due course.”

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“Harry would obviously be a huge attraction and hopefully William has waxed lyrical about his time here last year which raised an astounding five million dollars in just five hours,” says my mole with the martini.

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An American Tango

What an exciting surprise to receive the Winter-Spring (2012-13) edition of Montecito

Journal glossy edition! I was so taken by the beautifully rendered cover of my uncle and aunt, Veloz and Yolanda. My mother and father were very close to Frank and Yolanda during the 1930s. In fact, they had side-by-side homes in Pelham Manor, New York during part of that decade. Being the first born child from either of these families, I was given a double dose of attention and love from both homes.

The feature article written by MJ founder James Buckley is both rich in detail and quite accurate. Marlene and I feel as he does, that [New York City-based director-choreographer] William Soleau captured the magic of this world-famous ballroom danc-ing couple in his ballet creation of my uncle and aunt’s early years together. The breathtaking artistry of the per-formers, telling a story about ballroom dancers through ballet was exquisite. Like everyone else, I was so taken by the gowns worn by Leila Drake, which were such an important part of the Veloz and Yolanda performances.

My cousin, Guy Veloz, has been dog-gedly determined to share the story of this extraordinary love affair that he and his siblings witnessed as children. His long journey of bringing this story to fruition has produced a wonderful experience for all those who have seen this ballet or may see it in the future.

Kudos to Santa Barbara State Street Ballet for having the courage and con-viction to produce An American Tango.

And, oh by the way, thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm for this sparkling production.

Best regards,Bob VelozMontecito (Editor’s note: Bob Veloz’s father was

dancing sensation Frank Veloz’s brother; Bob is a longtime Montecito resident and he, along with his wife, Marlene, are gen-erous contributors to the Santa Barbara performing arts community. The gowns worn by Ms Drake for the world premiere of Guy Veloz’s An American Tango were painstakingly re-created by the world-class team of A. Christina Giannini, Anaya Cullen, Milly Colahan, and Denise Caracas, after multiple visits to the Bel Air home of Yolanda Veloz – dancer Yolanda’s daughter – who has inventoried and archived all those one-of-a-kind gar-ments worn by her famous and talented mother.

You can read the story in this issue of Montecito Journal (glossy edition) by pick-ing up a copy at our office at 1206 Coast Village Circle, or at one of our selected locations in Montecito. – J.B.)

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mission and those of us who were for-tunate to be an active part in this year’s filmmaking of The Bet and educational classes have had our lives changed. Deep friendships, learning, profession-al networking and acting experience are just some of what has been gifted to us in being a part of CFSSB.

This gift has meant so much to us… I have decided to join the Board and help finance the production of The Bet and get it launched. In donating to CFSSB, we are doing our part and in return we have had our dreams ful-filled also. Now that’s magnanimous community!

Please consider giving to CFSSB right now. We need to keep the doors open to this wonderful opportunity, which most people will never get in Hollywood.

We are in need of all-sized contribu-tions. Please consider giving before year-end. The CFSSB is a non-profit 501 3(c) so your donations are tax deduct-ible. Checks can be sent to: CFSSB, PO Box 4712, Santa Barbara, CA 93140-4712, or you can use credit cards online at www.cfssb.org/donations/.

The Studio is also seeking sponsors for the movie The Bet. Sponsors will have their company logo and credit at the front of the movie to appear every time it shows on screens or in homes digitally. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact Jack Presnal, President of CFSSB at [email protected]. or 805-751-5678 Sponsorships range from $5,000 - $15,000.

And if you’re interested in being a part of this wonderful community, please consider coming and joining as a member for $25 a year and be a part of the magic of filmmaking. Come gain the experience, education and have fun right here in our very own town.

The very first feature length film, The Bet, made in Santa Barbara with local talent, written by Annie J. Dahlgren and directed by TV celebrity Finola Hughes will be released in early 2013. We look forward to making many more films and giving more people here locally the opportunity to learn the film business, participate in making feature-length films and sharing com-munity in a special way. We need your support now. Thank you very much!

Linda NewlinCFSSB Member and Parent(Editor’s note: Sounds like a terrific way

to get an early foot into the door of the film business – J.B.)

Losing SignalsI don’t know if you are aware of the

Verizon signal situation for cell service here but it needs to be addressed by any and every means possible. I spent several hours recently on the phone trying to get to the bottom of the cause and possible solution. Rather than explain the lengthy process and details

I am copying a rather indignant email I just sent to First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal. It will be interesting what I get in response. I feel like every-thing I do here is no different than run-ning head on into a brick wall. Perhaps if your newspaper addresses this and we can get some kind of community response going in opposition to the few who are causing this major inconve-nience, the situation will change.

Recently, my husband and I drove around the streets adjacent to our home and found most areas between Hot Springs and Sheffield, to the north East Valley and south to the freeway, there is no service from Verizon other than some short bursts of connectiv-ity... very small areas encompassing a house or two at most. No 3G service at all (as I have an iPhone)! I don’t know how many other areas are affected as this was the test drive we took.

For a few to have created this situa-tion is untenable. None of our visitors have access to their cell phones while here, which will definitely create a major disruption for them. Because of their job responsibilities it is imperative that they have access as well as being accessible to their business associates. We haven’t figured out yet how that will work. So, you see that this is a most serious matter and I am sure we haven’t thought of all the ramifications.

The following is the gist of the letter I sent to our Supervisor:

Dear Mr. Carbajal,We live on Loureyro Road. Several of us

have Verizon for our cell phone service and depend on it for our only communication (we have both a land line and cell service). On or around November 20, the cell signal dropped to one bar and made it impos-sible to send or receive calls. Verizon was notified by customers that this had hap-pened and repair tickets were apparently opened. When those tickets were addressed by Verizon, they were put back into “the basket” as an area with sketchy service and there was nothing that could be done. However, this is definitely not the case and after hours on the phone with every level of service at Verizon I can access as a citizen, I understand that we have two choices. We can cancel the service without penalty of early termination or we can purchase an “extender” at $200 that may or may not work.

As I am writing this, I received a call back from a Verizon service person who worked with me trying to figure this out as it made no sense to either of us. When we hung up she continued to research the problem by reading all the service tickets. On the last one that came in, the service personnel who dealt with it wrote the fol-lowing (paraphrased). “Due to the recent non renewal of our contract with the land-lord for our Montecito cell tower we have had to use two temporary cell towers which do not cover the same areas with the same


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Eve Service with IncenseMontecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road, 7 pm; Christmas Eve Service

THURSDAY DECEMBER 27

Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New YorkerWhen: 7:30 pm to 9 pmWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road SAVE THE DATE

Open Auditions For “Seniors Have Talent”If you can dance, sing, play an instrument, perform magic or even juggle a few balls, this is for you. The Center for Successful Aging (CSA) is holding auditions for its

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Men’s Shopping NightBonita of Summerland presents a night for men to shop, eat, and drink beerWhen: 4 pm to 8 pmWhere: 2330 Lillie AvenueInfo: 565-3848

Holiday Book SigningThe Three Sunflowers, a children’s book; meet the author Janet Lucy and illustrator Colleen McCarthy-Evans at the Curious Cup Bookstore in Carpinteria When: 5 pm to 7 pmWhere: 929 Linden AvenueCost: free

FRIDAY DECEMBER 21

22nd Annual Living NativityFor 22 years the congregation of the First United Methodist Church has staged a re-creation of the Holy Night for three nights just before Christmas. Under a redwood tree and adjacent to the church, a grassy area is transformed into a humble wooden stable, complete with Mary, Joseph and tiny baby Jesus asleep in the manger. Three majestic kings stand by with their gifts to the Holy Child, attentive angels appear nearby, and lowly shepherds tend to their flocks. Camels, sheep, a donkey and occasional chickens surround the manger taking in the wonder of it all. The Living Nativity will be held for 3

nights: December 21, 22 and 23 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 p.m. Warm cider and goodies will be served and free tours of the historic Sanctuary will also be avail-able. The two-story Sanctuary, built in 1927, is open and decorated in seasonal finery with a 10-foot Christmas tree, bright red poinsettias and Christmas music softly playing.When: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, December 21, 22 and 23Where: First United Methodist Church is located at the corner of Garden and Anapamu Streets, one block from the SB Courthouse. Parking is available behind the church with the parking entrance off Garden Street. Info: 963-3579 or visit the website www.fumcsb.org

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Christmas Eve ServicesOur Lady of Mount Carmel, 1300 East Valley Road: 4:30 pm, Family Mass with Children’s Choir; 9 pm, Evening Mass with Adult ChoirEl Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road: 4 pm, Family Worship Service; 9 pm, Candlelight ServiceAll Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 83 Eucalyptus Lane: 4 pm, Children’s Christmas Service; 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm, The Carols of Christmas; 7 pm Festival Eucharist; 10 pm Christmas

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 21

Public Viewing of the StarsWestmont’s Observatory is open for public viewing the third Friday of every month. The Keck Telescope is available to see Jupiter and the Moon’s craters. When: 7 pmWhere: Westmont College, 955 La Paz RoadInfo: Scott Craig, 565-6051

TUESDAY DECEMBER 25

Christmas Services Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1300 San Ysidro Road: 8 am mass with carols, 10 am, and 12 noon mass with Adult ChoirEl Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road: 10:30 am Worship ServiceAll Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 83 Eucalyptus Lane: 8 am and 10 am, Christmas Day Service

FRIDAY DECEMBER 21

Winter SingStudents, teachers and parents at Montecito Union School spread holiday cheer When: 9 am to 2:30 pm, various timesWhere: MUS Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road

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bers gathered in Manning Park to dec-orate Montecito’s Community Tree for the holidays. The tree was planted last year after the former Community Tree at the corner of San Ysidro Road and North Jameson Lane was removed due to rotting.

Decorating the tree in Montecito has been a tradition for over 60 years; it began when the Hathaway family (Don, Helen, Ronda and Dean) would adorn the tree with garland and orna-ments on a secret nighttime mission. In the late 1970s, Doug Coale, owner of Mesa Tree, began helping when the tree became too large to manage; he wou.

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The Bacara Hotel was an appro-priate black tie backdrop for all the Hollywood hoopla

when Robert De Niro was present-ed with the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film by his friend Kirk Douglas. Other celebs attending the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) event included Roger Corman, Cheryl Ladd, Carol Burnett and Anthony Zerbe.

De Niro’s 80 films certainly qualify him for this award, including his lat-est, Silver Linings Playbook. Co-star Bradley Cooper and director David O. Russell both spoke about how much De Niro has impacted their lives.

De Niro accepted the award, say-ing, “This Kirk Douglas Award will occupy a special place on my shelf and a special place in my heart.”

There was an additional celebration when SBIFF executive director Roger Durling led the crowd in a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” for Kirk, who turned 96 the next day.

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ld bring out his cherry picker and hoist volunteers high enough to put garland on the top half of the tree. A few years later, former MA board member and former MFPD director Dana Newquist got involved, and has carried on the tradition for the last dozen or so years, including securing funding for a new tree.

Members of the Montecito Association Beautification Committee, along with Coale, have continued to decorate the tree every December. Don Hathaway, a former MFPD Chief, passed away last July. Last December, Montecito Park Ranger Doug Norton, Newquist, and Ronda Hathaway gathered to watch Coale and his crew dig a hole and plant the new 18-ft Blue Aptos Redwood. A 400-pound slate stone was placed in front of the tree,

which is digitally sandblasted with words commemorating Don and the Hathaway family. The tree, which cost about $2,000, was paid for by various donations ranging from $10 to $1,000.

This year, the tree is thriving and growing, thanks in part to Coale’s maintenance and pruning. MFPD fire-fighters scaled ladders to decorate the very top of the tree; coffee and cook-ies were served as Beautification team members got in the holiday spirit. The group remembered another former MFPD chief, Herb McElwee, who passed away December 2.

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Academy of Healing Arts for Teens • Adelante Charter School • Adsum Education Foundation • Air Force Space Command • All For Animals • All Saints by-the-Sea Church • All Saints by-the-Sea Parish School • Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara • Alzheimer’s Association • American Association of University Women • American Cancer Society • American Dance & Music • American Heart Association • American Institute of Architects • American Red Cross • Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara • Art from Scrap • Art Without Limits • Arthritis Foundation • Arts for Humanity • Arts Outreach • Assistance League of Santa Barbara • Autism Speaks • Avon Walk for Breast Cancer • Bethania Preschool • Big Brothers Big Sisters • Bishop Garcia Diego High School • Black Women for Community Empowerment • Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara • Breast Cancer Resource Center • Buellton Chamber of Commerce • Cabrillo High Athletic Booster Club • Cabrillo High School • California Avocado Festival • California Cut Flower Commission • California Women for Agriculture • CALM - Child Abuse Listening & Mediation • Cancer Center of Santa Barbara • Carpinteria Afternoon Rotary Club • Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club • Carpinteria Education Foundation • Carpinteria Movies in the Park • Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce • Casa Dolores • Casa Serena • Catholic Charities Santa Barbara County • Central Coast Type One Diabetes Foundation • Channel City Club • Channel Islands YMCA • Children’s Creative Project • Children’s Museum Santa Barbara • Christian Writer’s Guild • Church at the Crossroads • Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara • City of Goleta • City of Lompoc - Parks & Recreation Golf Tournament • City of Santa Barbara - Public Library System • City of Solvang - Community Shred Day • Cleveland Elementary School • Coalition For Sustainable Transportation • Coastal Housing Partnership • Cold Springs School Foundation • Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara • Community Covenant Church • Community Environmental Council • Community Planet • Community Solutions, Inc. • Computers for Families • Cornerstone House of Santa Barbara • Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse • Court Appointed Special Advocates •

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MiSCELLAnY (Continued from page 6)have some impact.”

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Party at Mollie’sA book bash for Trattoria Mollie

owner, Mollie Ahlstrand, turned into an impromptu birthday beano for vet-eran actor Kirk Douglas at the Coast Village Road nosheteria.

Ethiopian culinary queen Mollie was launching her first book, Primi Piatti, First Course, a lavishly illus-trated 171-page tome edited by her son, Ali, and featuring pictures by Los Angeles photographer Tessa Matyas, which took a year to complete.

The socially gridlocked party, host-ed by Bui Simon, Marlene Veloz and Julie Kellner, was in full swing when Kirk and his wife, Anne, arrived at the eatery.

Kirk, who 24 hours earlier had pre-sented his eponymous Santa Barbara Film Festival award to Robert De Niro at a glittering gala at the Bacara,

was celebrating his 96th birthday and the tony throng of 300, which includ-ed Sara Miller McCune, Sally Jordan, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Debbie Kass, Cele Pulitzer, Corinna Gordon and Diana MacFarlane, seemingly in uni-son, burst into a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday!”

“It was a great surprise,” says Kirk, who received an honorary Oscar in 1996 for his impressive body of work, including Spartacus, Lust for Life, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and The Heroes of Telemark...

Reception for RichardA tsunami of tiaras enveloped Pierre

Lafond in the Upper Village when a group of devoted readers of this col-umn gathered to celebrate my 200th appearance in this illustrious organ.

The bling-laden breakfast was orga-nized by Bill and Trish Davis and author Alicia St. John, all suitably attired in a dazzling diorama of dia-mond dotted diadems, as an enor-mous chocolate cake, bearing the red, white and blue U.K. flag of my home-land, with two candles – one for each century – was wheeled out.

An additional touch was an old typewriter, which I used to use when I started my journalism career 40 years ago on the Falmouth Packet newspaper in Cornwall, England, which featured a copy of my first Montecito Journal “Miscellany” column.

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assets for retirement income, and you expect your income tax rate in retire-ment to be equal or higher than it is now, you’ll most likely save a fortune in taxes for yourself or your descendants if you convert your IRA to a Roth IRA, especially if you do it before the fast approaching end of 2012.

What is a Roth IRA conversion?Taking a step back, a Traditional

IRA is generally funded with pre-tax contributions, growth of the IRA is tax free, and then income taxes are paid on distributions at top personal marginal tax rates. Additionally, once someone hits 70.5 years old, required minimum distributions force money out of the IRA each year in increasing larger percentages. If you’re lucky enough to live to 100, the booby prize is that your IRA will be decimated and you or your heirs will be left with a lousy pile of non-IRA money that

doesn’t get to grow tax free.A Roth IRA is different, though

growth is still free of capital gains taxes, all funding of the account is done with after-tax dollars, and, most importantly, no income taxes are paid on the distributions. There are also no required minimum distri-butions unless the Roth is inherited. These differences might not sound

like much, but the implications for wealth protection and estate plan-ning are huge.

In a Roth IRA conversion, for the privilege of moving your IRA assets into a Roth IRA, you pay income tax on the amount of the conversion using cash from outside the IRA. How on earth is paying taxes now versus later a good idea? Let me walk you through the math.

How will I have more money in the end by paying conversion taxes now? Let’s assume you have a $1,000,000 IRA. Please keep in mind, before the Roth conversion this million dollar IRA does not rep-resent an extra $1,000,000 to your net worth. An IRA is only ever worth its after-tax value, which in the follow-ing example is $560,000. Now let’s convert it to a Roth IRA, and let’s use the current roughly 44% com-bined effective top income tax rate for Californians (35% Federal plus 13.3% CA (prop 30 is retroactive in 2012) with state tax deductions) and a 35% investment earnings tax rate (because some gains are long term, some are short term, and some are from dividends and interest. When you convert your IRA, you’d pay $440,000 in taxes from a cash account. From there, your $1,000,000 Roth IRA would grow tax free, distributions from the Roth would be tax free, but you’d miss out on the growth of the $440,000 non-IRA money. The key is that the $440,000 would have been grow-ing with the headwind of investment earnings taxes.

Let’s say you’re 50 years old when you make the conversion, and your yearly pre-tax investment return is 5% per year. Over the next 20 years the $1,000,000 would grow to $2,653,297. The $440,000 cash, on the other hand, would not have grown at 5% per year, it would only grow at 3.25% per year due to the 35% investment earnings tax rate headwind. After 20 years, this cash would only have been worth $834,168. Subtracting this from the 20-year Roth value yields a post-Roth conversion after-tax value of $1,819,129. A 20-year total return of 225% on your original $560,000.

Now let’s compare that to leaving the IRA alone for 20 years. Like the Roth, the IRA would grow tax free

for 20 years and have a pre-tax face value of $2,653,297, but, regrettably, any dollar you take out at that point will be taxed at full income tax rates. Assuming tax rates are “back down” to 44% in 20 years, the after-tax value of your IRA would only be $1,485,846 – that’s $333,282 less than if you had made the Roth Conversion when you were 50, and a total return of 165% versus 225%!

What if I’m already 70?The benefits of the Roth Conversion

actually increase once required mini-mum distributions start. Say you have $1,000,000 in an IRA at age 70, look-ing at 20 years of growth the math on the Roth side is unchanged from our previous example, the Roth would be worth an after tax $1,819,129.

The huge difference is on the IRA side. Required Minimum Distributions will begin to remove money from your IRA each year in increasingly large amounts. The best you can do with this RMD cash is invest it at the growth rate of your taxable accounts. Over time as the RMDs take money out of your IRA year after year, a smaller share of your net worth will be able to grow tax free. The effect of RMDs are stun-ning. At the 5% per year we’ve been using and continuing with our 44% income tax rate and 35% investment earning tax rate, after 20 years the after-tax value of the IRA, plus the value of the cash that left the IRA as RMDs and grew with the headwind

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One of the most favorable rules regarding Roth

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LETTERS (Continued from page 9)strength of signal. Due to opposition in the community to erecting new cell towers to take the place of our main tower, we see no immediate resolution to this problem. Verizon values these customers and wants to restore the cell service in this area but must have the community’s involvement and help to do so. They can contact their county supervisors, the Montecito Journal, and local authorities in support of the need for cell towers to restore their cell service. Until then, the situation remains inoper-able in that area.”

I have kept up with the arguments against putting up these “unhealthy” cell towers. My neighbor immediately laid it off on the degenerate evil corporate entity of Verizon, I can’t wait to tell him it was really all his neighbors who refuse to wear their aluminum foil caps to protect them-selves from the death rays being rained down upon them! Sorry, I couldn’t resist!

I assume the landlord refused to renew the contract with Verizon because he was afraid he would be boycotted by the community but now he has virtually ended Verizon’s service in our commu-nity... can’t win for losing right? Many of us depend on our cell service without land lines. Most on our street only have a cell phone as do most of our friends. We depend on them for our reverse 911 calls and emergency notifications, for calling 911 in case of an emergency, etc. As it is almost a necessity today for safety, the cell phone is the first choice for those who cannot afford both so it becomes important in a life or death situation. We need this service back again ASAP and to be held hostage by the few who can’t trust science is ludicrous. I have a telephone pole on my property, they can install it there if they like.

I am so sick of this constant bickering and being ruled by the whims of the few who live out in left field somewhere. I don’t like using my valuable time to defend those things which shouldn’t be challenged to start with! What do we need to do to remedy this ridiculous situation, what can I personally do to move it forward? I facetime with my grandkids and am not a happy camper that I can’t do this until remedied! I look forward to hearing from you as always.

Karen TsutsumidaMontecito (Editor’s note: We’re not quite sure where

we stand on this, as I have a telephone pole not far from my master bedroom where-upon NextG is hoping to add yet another

transmitter. I really don’t like it, but I also realize these signals are passing through our bodies everywhere. Whether they do harm or not is still an open question, so we understand both your concern and the worries of those that resist the addition of even more microwave transmitters. – J.B.)

Food For AllThe Food Stamp Program (now called

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever, to 46 million people.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us “Please Do Not Feed the Animals.” Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow depen-dent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.

A touch of irony?Please Don’t Use My NameMontecito (Editor’s note: This note was forwarded

to us by a resident that fears his message may seem unkind during this particular time of year and so asked that his name not be used. We agree, though we also note that more than 17 million people were added to the SNAP rolls after the so-called Great Recession ended. Agribusiness loves this program, as it guarantees higher prices and guaranteed markets for their products, as does the U.S. government, which guar-antees a larger Department of Agriculture workforce to take care of issuing all those “food stamps.” Just saying… - J.B.) •MJ

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Greeted by executive director Douglas Diller, elegantly dressed guests entered the

magically transformed courtyard of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum on Saturday night, December 8. To cel-ebrate the holidays and the museum’s 80th anniversary, co-Chairs Robin Schutte and Marlene Miller created a grand sala anchored at one end by a tall twinkling Christmas tree and the other by the soft glow of the courtyard fountain. Large urns of red roses punctuated the silver sparkle of the table settings, while the Les Rose Ensemble played familiar tunes and toe-tapping guests took to the dance floor.

Many were also lured inside to mar-vel at the latest exhibition of Carl

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Oscar Borg’s paintings and view a slide show documenting the muse-um’s 80 years of history. The muse-um was established in 1932 when it became apparent that the commu-nity would lose its historic resources if there were not a concerted effort to collect and preserve these documents and artifacts of the past.

Initially, the organization was com-prised of representatives from several established historical organizations such as the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. Headquarters were found in the tower room above the circular stairs of the then-new County Court House, and the collecting began.

Trustees, sponsors and Gala Co-Chairs Robin Schutte (left), Marlene Miller, and Michael Beresford

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Many of the original Spanish and pioneer families gave priceless items and documents to the newly formed Santa Barbara Historical Society. Soon the tower room was overflowing, so the Court House basement, the pub-lic library, and the art museum were drafted into service.

As the Society matured and gained credence, it was entrusted with a few exceptionally large artifacts. For one, Mrs. Katherine Bagg Hastings offered the Trussell-Winchester Adobe on con-dition it be preserved.

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In 1952, Frances Price took over the leadership and found the Society a new home at the Santa Barbara Mission. Edwin and Andriette Gledhill added their passion to the cause in ’53, and when Judge Fernald’s Victorian was threatened with demolition in 1959, Edwin led the campaign to raise money to have it moved to its present location.

In the 1960s, the Society’s lease neared expiration at the Mission, and the board of directors saw an oppor-tunity to construct a permanent home on the corner lot of De la Guerra and Santa Barbara streets where the Santa Barbara Gas and Electric Plant had once stood. The capital campaign included selling adobe bricks for $5 each so that the entire community could say it helped construct the new museum.

Ground was broken in 1963 and the following year the museum acquired the adjacent Historic Adobe and the Covarrubias Adobe from the Rancheros Visitadores. A period of enthusiastic growth occurred as

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museum publications like the quarter-ly Noticias expanded, and additional books like The Huse Journal – Santa Barbara in the 1850s, and Survivors, a book about Santa Barbara’s remaining Victorian homes, proliferated.

Michael Redmon, Director of Research, reported that major upgrades to the exhibition areas, library, and storage facilities as well as remediation efforts (the site was once a gas plant, after all) were completed by 2007, and, in addition to exhibition catalogs, the museum has recently published two more historical works: My Santa Barbara Scrap Book, the mem-oir of Elizabeth Eaton Burton and Neal Graffy’s Historic Santa Barbara.

Today, the museum continues its work of collecting, preserving, exhib-iting, and, yes, celebrating, Santa Barbara’s storied past, thanks to its devoted staff and board of directors and a long list of angelic sponsors. The Gala’s patrons include Sally Adams, Victor K. Atkins, Jr., Sally and David Martin, Marlene and Warren Miller, John Woodward, Bella Vista Designs, Ventura Party Rental Center, George L. Burtness, William S. Burtness, Terry Bartlett and Randy Fox, Astrid and Lawrence T. Hammett, Sheila and Frank McGinity, Jane Mueller, Robin Schutte, and P.A. Weber, III.

When the last strains of music faded away on Saturday and the guests drift-ed into the night, there was a lingering sense that, for the Historical Museum, the party was just beginning. •MJ

Mrs. J.A. Bonilla and Mrs. Godwin J. Pelissero sell adobe bricks costing $5 each for the Museum (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Mr. Elmer Whittaker (left) Mrs. Henry (Sylvia) Griffith, who became the executive director, and Dr. Hilmar Koefod take a stab at surveying for the construction of Society’s per-manent home and museum in 1963 (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)


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Among those lauding the column, not to mention elevating my humble status, were Marv Bauer, Geonine Moriarty, Susan St. John, Jean von Wittenburg, Becky Gail, Karen Drown, Jane Burkemper, Joe and Laurie Maguire, Louis Giuliano and Gerald Sawyer...

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On December 6, local elves from the Association for Senior Care of Santa Barbara

(ASC) gathered at the Friendship Center in Montecito, formed an assembly line and put together 120 gift baskets for low-income seniors. The baskets contained food items (for both diabetics and non-diabet-ics), toiletries (shampoo, lotion, etc.), candies and cookies, and a hand-made card decorated and signed by girls from Girls Inc.

The baskets were put together in record time and the assembly ran like a well-oiled machine. That’s because these particular elves are experienced; they’ve been putting together bas-kets for the past 14 years, making sure that local seniors get at least one gift during the holidays. During the holidays seniors can sometimes be overlooked, but the members of the Association for Senior Care try to make sure that doesn’t happen. Many of the seniors getting the gifts are home-bound and don’t get many visitors. Sometimes even leaving the house to get to the store is a challenge.

The Community Action Commission has been delivering the baskets as they drop off hot and healthy meals to the seniors. The donations for the baskets came from Cottage Hospital, Coopers, the Double Tree, Girls Inc., Paper Moon Printing, Costco and Lazy Acres.

ASC is a group of senior services-related healthcare professionals who are interested in improving the life of seniors in Santa Barbara County. The group meets monthly and offers educational programs for its members along with networking opportunities.

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Carpinteria Teacher ArrestedWednesday, 12 December, 1 pm – Michael George Carey, 41 years old, of

Carpinteria, and a teacher at Rincon High School in Carpinteria, was arrested at the high school for felony sexual battery and misdemeanor child molestation. The charges stem from an investigation into the inappropriate touching of a female student. Mr. Carey is being held at the Santa Barbara County Jail in lieu of $25,000.00 bail. Mr. Carey has also been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation.

Theft from Whitney AvenueThursday, 13 December, 11:09 am – Deputy Bordon responded to Whitney

Avenue in Summerland for the report of a theft from vehicle. The victim had parked his truck on the street in front of his residence. The victim reported land-scaping equipment and tools had been stolen; it was valued at close to $1,000. An incident report was taken.

Man Crashes Hang Glider Saturday, 15 December, 1:32 pm – Deputy Scherbarth was dispatched to a

cemetery on Channel Drive on report of a possible aircraft that had crashed. The head of security reported that earlier in the day a man operating a hang glider crashed onto the grounds, breaking a tree branch off a nearby tree. The man who crashed told the deputy he had taken off from Gibraltar Road and operated the hang glider through the air. He was attempting to land at a nearby golf course, but “overshot” his landing and instead landed at the cem-etery. The man offered to pay for any damage he caused, and refused medical treatment for his foot, which was injured in the incident. An incident report was taken. •MJ

Country Mart, where Read ‘N’ Post manager Jan Hendrickson plans to reopen the popular gift and card store mid-January, she tells us. The store is currently located in three pop-up shops at the Mart, but will consoli-date in the former home of River Blue Salon. “Renovation work began three weeks ago, and is on track,” Hendrickson tells us.

Landlord James Rosenfield has allowed the store to open three sep-arate spaces: one with magazines and greeting cards, one for the post office, and one for holiday mer-chandise. The shops are located on the same aisle as Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, which opened earlier this month (see MJ #18/50).

More renovation is taking place across from the Creamery, where a yet-to-be-named restaurant owned by Los Angeles Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne is being readied. The “farm-to-table” eatery will offer breakfast, lunch and dinner, and is being designed by Jeffery Alan Marks. The restaurant is expected to open in the spring.

Also expected to open next year is Intermix, a men’s and women’s clothing store with over 30 boutique locations in the United States and Canada. The store is also located in Rosenfield’s other Country Mart in Brentwood. The boutique is said to be opening in the former space of Vons Pharmacy, which will be broken up into at least four smaller retail spaces. Earlier this year Vons Pharmacy moved next to Starbucks, in the former home of the Read ‘N’ Post.

Business owners at the Mart are in the holiday spirit, including Toy Crazy’s Melissa Moore, who is part-nering with Transition House for a holiday toy drive. Moore tells us business is booming, and the store is busier than it has ever been since it opened in August 2011. “It seems as if people are making an effort to shop locally instead of at big name stores,” Moore says. She also said the store’s focus on classic toys has

drawn in customers. “All year long retro toys have been flying off the shelves,” she said.

Montecito Country Mart is home to Read ‘N’ Post, Toy Crazy, Malia Mills, One-Hour Martinizing, Montecito Barbers, Xanadu Bakery, Little Alex’s, Panino, Montecito Natural Foods, James Perse, Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, George, and Summerland Mercantile. Work continues on expanding the parking lot, which will be located on the site of a former gas station on the corner of Coast Village and Hot Springs Roads.

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fill Montecito Country Club with jazz, song, and friends on Friday, December 28. Seventeen Montecito alumni students will join current students in playing four consecutive hours of jazz with Peter Clark, Teen Idol vocalist Savannah Meares, and other guest artists.

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The group of musicians have been playing together for years, since ele-mentary school days at Cold Spring and Montecito Union Schools. “When home only seven to twelve days, we have little time to see all the friends we want to see and know others, like us, who lack time to connect over the holidays with everyone. The guys attending Berklee College, home of more Grammy winners than any school in the world, are top musicians playing full-time,” Adams explained.

Berklee Presidential Scholar and Grammy Spotlight Finalist Lito Hernandez is an artistic director, while 2011 Brubeck Jazz Scholar and SBHS Distinguished Don Robert Harrell, agreed to the role as well. “When Montecito Country Club said it would support our plan, designed to give local residents a first-class venue to wrap up the year, the event was a go. Last year, within three weeks the show happened, was wildly applaud-ed and got great reviews by attending music critics,” Adams said.

“This year will be even better with the addition of two highly talented vocalists. Plus, award winning Reno International Jazz Festival musicians currently attending Santa Barbara High are certain to be audience pleas-ers,” Adams said. “The Montecito Country Club is a perfect location overlooking the spectacular Pacific providing something for everyone. There is space for serious listeners, plenty of room to dance and comfort-able lounge space for friends to visit in adjacent rooms.”

“Our goal is that every person feels good that they came: good that they invested their time to be with us. We know time is scarce. We read and dis-cuss every comment card left for our benefit. We work for tips both verbal and monetary. We aim to please,” Adams said.

The show will be non-stop between 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm on December 28. Jazz standards and dance classics kick-off the show with Peter Clark, vocalist Savannah Meares and the Robert Harrell Band. Ticket price includes coffee and tea and are $20 at the door or $15 if purchased in advance.

Tickets available in advance at: Lobero Theater Box Office, Nick Rail Music, Village Properties-Montecito, The India Club-Goleta, Cold Spring School Montecito, and Santa Barbara High Business Office. •MJ

Current and former MUS, CSS and SBHS students host a night of jazz at the Montecito Country Club (photo by Priscilla)


of the investment earnings tax rate, will be $1,321,490. This is $497,638 less after tax value than the Roth would have after 20 years, and rep-resents a 136% total return versus the converted Roth’s 225%.

But, aren’t tax rates going up?Why yes, you could literally have

a $1 million face-value IRA today (really worth about $560,000 in 2012), grow your IRA at 5% a year for the next 15 years (thereby more than doubling its face-value to $2,078,928), but, if top combined tax rates jump to the Democrat Party leadership pro-posed rate of 73%, the after-tax value of your IRA will actually drop back to $561,310, thereby confiscating 15 years of gains. Think about it: the government raising income-tax rates is tantamount to enacting a massive wealth tax on IRA assets!

Beginning in 2013, the federal top marginal rate is scheduled to rise from 35% to 39.6%, the Obamacare 3.8% Medicare surcharge is kicking in, and top California income tax rates will be 13.3%. Overall, effective rates are set to jump from about 44% to around 51%. On top of this, the investment earnings tax rate is surely going up as well. The ObamaCare 3.8% kicks in on everything, income tax rate increases will drive up short-term capital gains rates and interest income rates; long-term capital gains rates are set to jump to 20%, divi-dends are set to revert to income tax rates, and don’t forget that California has never given capital gains a favor-able tax rate. Overall, it’s fair to say investment earnings tax rates will jump from roughly 35% to 45%. All of this makes doing a Roth conver-sion in 2012, before tax rates go up for 2013, that much more compelling.

For our 50 year old, the $440,000 cash used to pay the 2012 Roth taxes will now only grow at a rate of 2.75% per year (after 45% investment earning taxes on the pre-tax 5%). Compared to the examples above (which lazily assume all 2012 tax rates will per-sist), this modestly increases the 20 year after-tax value of the Roth from $1,819,129 to $1,896,309, but markedly decreases the 20-year after-tax value of the IRA from 1,485,846 to $1,300,115. These tax rate changes increase the total value of the conversion after 20 years (compared to our previous example) from $333,282 to $596,193.

For our 70 year old, with higher taxes coming, the RMDs are even more damaging. The 70-year-old’s after-tax IRA value plus the value of the invested RMDs will now only be worth $1,120,517 versus the after-tax Roth value of $1,896,309. For 70 year olds that make 5% per year pre-tax, given our assumed tax rates, Roth conversions will result in $775,791 more after-tax money in 20 years,

compared to $497,638 with tax rates unchanged.

Just for fun, let’s look at the value of a 2012 conversion after 40 years for a 50-year-old. For the Roth, the $1,000,000 will grow at 5% per year to $7,039,988, the $440,000 paid in taxes to make the conversion would have grown (with the massive tax headwind) to $1,302,344, yielding an after-tax value of $5,737,644. The IRA will grow for 20 years, then get blud-geoned by RMDs; in total, the after-tax value of the money remaining in the IRA, plus what left as RMDs and grew with the headwind of taxes will only be $2,973,067, nearly 50% less than if you had done a conversion in 2012!

Clearly, with tax rates heading high-er in 2013, 2012 is your last best chance to complete a Roth IRA conversion.

The following table summarizes the value of a 2012 conversion to a 50 year old with a $1,000,000 IRA over time at different rates of return, including the impact of 2013 tax changes.

What are the risks?Looking at the conversion concep-

tually, the higher your income tax and investment earnings tax rates go after you make the conversion, the more valuable the conversion becomes. However, if overall tax rates (or your personal tax rates) go way down after the conversion, the conversion will turn out to have been a bad idea. A unique offshoot of this risk is if you plan to leave your IRA and the rest of your estate to a charity. Should

you pass away quickly after paying conversion taxes, those taxes will be money that goes to Uncle Sam, rather than the charity of your choice.

Another risk is that the higher your pre-tax investment return per year, the more valuable the conver-sion becomes, but that works both ways. Keep in mind, if the long-term investment return in your IRA turns out to be negative, then all else equal on the tax side, the value of the conversion will be negative. Another risk is that you use a large share of your non-IRA liquid net worth to pay the conversion taxes, but then have liquidity needs either within 5 years or before you hit 59.5 years old, whichever comes sooner. Removing money from a Roth before either of these deadlines will result in penalties.

The biggest risk is that you pay taxes now on your Roth conversion, grow your Roth for many years, then our friends in government re-write the laws to allow Roth distributions to be taxed, literally taxing your retirement account twice. Could happen, but I certainly think the big-ger risk is the one mentioned earlier, that simply raising income tax rates (as we know will occur in 2013) is effectively a wealth tax on your IRA. I advise getting the money out of your IRA and into a Roth before taxes go up in 2013, and possibly higher down the road. At any rate, consult your tax advisor before mak-ing a conversion.

Anything else to know?Absolutely, one of the most favor-

able rules regarding Roth conver-sions is the re-characterization rule, otherwise known as a “do over.” Say you make a conversion in 2012, but then for whatever reason your account’s value drops considerably before October 2013. You actually have the free option of undoing the conversion in what’s termed a re-characterization. The money in your Roth goes back to the IRA, and you no longer add the converted amount to your 2012 taxable income. You have until you file your 2012 tax return, and an extension to Oct 2013 is allowed. Even if you have never filed an extension in your life, this would be the time!

Another thing: if paying income taxes on your conversion is still too much to swallow, then consider this. Provided your general 2012 income is high enough relative to your conversion amount, by making a large one-time donation to a non-profit (possibly in lieu of many smaller donations over the coming years) you can lower your 2012 taxable income by all or part of the amount of the Roth conversion. With this strategy the non-profit of your choice gets the tax money, not the government. This approach is ideal for generous folks with small IRAs relative to their overall net worth. And don’t forget, the large donation could be to a donor-advised fund that will give you the full deduc-tion this year, but let you decide later on which charity will get the money.

To conclude, let’s get to the real point of Roth conversions. Money in either your IRA or your Roth IRA is the last money you’d ever touch in retirement. It makes no sense to spend assets from a tax advantaged account if you still have a dime to use in a non-tax advantaged account. You always let the retirement accounts grow tax free for as long as pos-sible. Therefore, if you live retire-ment conservatively, you will very likely have an estate to leave, and an estate is tremendously more valuable to your family if it contains IRA or Roth accounts because they retain their tax advantaged status when inherited. The trouble with regular IRAs is that come age 70.5 the “IRA-decimating-RMD-siphoning-hose” arrives. Converting to a Roth allows you to live a long life, to compound your retirement assets the whole time as tax efficiently as possible, and then, when your day comes, to leave the most powerful type of tax-advan-taged account the world has ever known to your children, or a non-profit, if your kids are knuckleheads.

•••If you have any questions, feel free

to email the author, David S. Bradley, CFA, CAIA [email protected]. •MJ

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Christmas 1968, I was living with two high school buddies in San Diego.

We had driven across the country from Laconia, New Hampshire, shortly after graduation in an effort to “find ourselves.”

“Where the heck are we?”“According to my calculations, either

Topeka, Kansas or Juneau, Alaska.”“Far out.”We took historic Route 66 for much

of the journey and saw many won-drous things.

“What the heck was that?”“According to my guidebook, either

a moonstone or a dead armadillo.”“Trippy.” Somehow we made it and found an

apartment in the “posh” Ocean Beach (OB) community of San Diego that con-sisted of two parts Hippy to one part navy personnel. We decided, since we already had long hair and a lava lamp, to become part of the majority party.

Once we were settled and had found our way around...

“Where are we now?”“Either Point Loma or Tijuana.”...we spent several days showing off

the wallet-sized replicas of our diplo-mas that Laconia High School had given us until – ta-dah – we found gainful employment at a carwash. The dream had begun.

Time flies when you are finding yourself and before we knew it, it was December and the Christmas spirit was high. People added tinsel to their peace signs and painted their Birkenstocks day-glo colors. Some even rolled joints in Christmas wrap. Plus all the head shops put blinking lights around their bong displays and many of us hung out for hours, listening to the Grateful Dead and remembering yuletides past.

“Joyously far out, man.”Even our navy neighbors got in the

spirit by stringing beer-can flip-tops throughout their entire apartment and dressing up one of their passed out friends as Santa.

“Groovy, man.”“I’ll drink to that.”That’s when we decided we needed to

do something to our place. We bought a black light and a strobe light and those were cool, but not too Christmassy. So we bought some incense and season-ally packaged yogurt, which was nice, but still lacking.

“We need a tree, man.”We pooled our money – all two dol-

lars and forty-three cents of it.

“You can buy half of New Hampshire for the price of one Christmas tree out here.”

We had about given up when the Ghost of Christmas Future visited. Actually, it was just Dharma, a girl from across the street, who often forgot which unit she lived in. She took us to a large empty lot behind our apartment.

“Dig it,” she said. And we watched as a number of huge tumbleweeds danced about like sugar plum fairies.

“Outtasight!”We chased one around and around

until we finally captured it, dragged it into our place, strung some pop-corn, and covered the entire thing with Christmas lights. It did smell a bit weird, and several of our navy friends who were firemen on a destroyer thought it a tad dangerous to add electricity to a dead bush. But we survived. It was the strangest Christmas tree I had ever seen.

Until this year.“Why did you buy a shrub?”“It’s not a shrub. It’s an Araucaria

heterophylla.”“Did you just swear at me?”“That’s the genus name, it’s a Norfolk

Island Pine.”“Groovy. So why did you buy a

Norfolk Island Pine that looks like a shrub.”

“It’s our Christmas tree.”“What? No way. It’s not even shaped

like a Christmas tree. I’m not sure I can accept it.”

“Right. This from a guy who once decorated a tumbleweed.”

Still skeptical, I circled it several times trying to find the front, but to no avail.

“Look, I thought this year it would be nice to get a living tree and then after Christmas you could put it into a nice pot and bonsai it.”

“Far out!” I grabbed my clippers.My wife threw herself in front of it.

“Not now!”“Just a few snips?”That’s when she explained how

some of my initial prunings resulted in a less-tree-like and more-stick-like result. So, I put my clippers down and grabbed a bag of Cheetos.

“More colorful than popcorn, plus if we get the munchies all we have to do is reach out to the shrub.”

Later, my wife tinkled Christmas carols on her piano as I sat around Araucaria heterophylla stringing together wine corks.

Merry Christmas old friends wher-ever you are. •MJ

This is the season for adding rum to fruitcakes, which might have something to do with this also

being the season to be jolly.This is also the beginning of the

season for lists, such as the best and most disappointing books of 2012. No problem with the most disappointing, which would be Salman Rushdie’s attempt in Joseph Anton to identi-fy himself with the likes of Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov, two of his favorite authors.

My jury is still out on the best of the year but, thinking in terms of bests, I’m drawn to consider the one writer who most often comes to mind – mine and of working writers, critics, and teachers – as the best so far, in any language.

In the opening years of the twen-tieth century, three modern titans of literature died, leaving singularly and collectively vast treasures to inform, delight, and guide us. These three were Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, and Henry James.

My focus here is on Tolstoy, who in his way remains more intimidating than Henry James, in some measure because of his epic sweep, but as well because Russian family names are often more than the English-speaking brain can process with ease.

War and Peace and Anna Karenina, weighty, diffuse, complex novels, remain on the short lists of best novels ever, from a wide variety of writers, critics, and passionate readers.

For those who are daunted by the length of these two worthies, I pro-pose a collection from One World Classics, Three Novellas by Leo Tolstoy. These three short novels of about fifty pages each not only demonstrate the why of Tolstoy’s reputation, they are agreeable and ample representations of how Tolstoy accomplished his pre-sentations of characters in such exqui-site-but-relevant detail.

The first novella, A Landowner’s Morning, introduces us straight off to a character we’d have every reason to dislike, then pulls the rug from under our negative opinion. “Prince Nekhlyudov was nineteen years old, and a third-year university student, when he arrived at his estate for sum-mer vacation to spend the whole sum-mer there by himself.” What images of pampered, self-indulgence that sentence evokes. Tolstoy compounds it by quoting from a letter the young prince has written to his aunt. “I have come to a decision which must affect the whole course of my life.” Okay, so he’s got our attention. But why would

he write the letter to his aunt rather than his parents or, for that matter, an uncle? Weren’t these times in Russia equivalent with old-boy networks?

But one detail stands out, giving the narrative a simultaneous sense of authenticity and mischief: the letter, Tolstoy informs us, was written in French.

By the time we’ve finished, we understand and appreciate the prince’s decision, its implications for him personally, and for two large seg-ments of Russian demographics. And yes, there are implications for today.

The second novella, The Devil, is one of Tolstoy’s early investigations of physical love and sensuality, placed against a subtext of arranged or at least politically motivated marriages among the upper classes. It draws from Tolstoy’s own experiences of a long term affair with a peasant woman and projects such a sense of social expectations and restraints that I am committed to a rereading of Anna Karenina, confident of seeing yet more in the nuanced relationship between those characters.

Family Happiness, the third novel-la, surely suggests from its title the famed opening line to come from Anna Karenina. One of Tolstoy’s earli-est works, this novella explores mar-riage from the point of view of a disil-lusioned wife. In all likelihood, Henry James not only saw but also was influ-enced by this novella, in particular when he wrote what many consider his masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady.

Tolstoy wrote in Russian. Three Novellas is an agreeable, modern-sounding translation, complete with introductory notes and references, supplying details beyond scholarly needs.

True enough, the triumvirate of Tolstoy, Twain, and James is an old boy’s club, yet each was not only aware of but sympathetic to the restrictions placed on women. Each paved the way for the accounts from women to come. Of the three, I believe Tolstoy had the sharpest eye for the details that brought his women char-acters to life. •MJ


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Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope hopes to zoom in on the craters of the Moon

during a free, public viewing of the stars on Friday, December 21, begin-ning at 6:30 pm. The best viewing gen-erally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weath-er, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 or check the Westmont website to see if the view-ing has been canceled.

The Moon, which will be nine days old, will be high in Pisces that eve-ning. “We should be able to see some detail without straining our neck,” says Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. “The crater trip-let of Ptolomaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel may show some interesting details in their shadows earlier in the evening. This gorgeous triplet will lie just beyond the Moon’s terminator, the light-shadow boundary, as view-ing begins.”

Whittemore says that the gas giant Jupiter may also be good to view. “One moon of Jupiter, Io, will be alone on one side of Jupiter, and the other three Galilean moons, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, will be lined up on the other side of Jupiter.”

The Double Cluster in Perseus, also known as NGC 884 and NGC 869, may also be featured at the viewing. “They’re a pair of open clusters about 7,600 and 6,800 light-years away – so they are close to one another in space,” Whittemore says. The clus-ters’ ages, based on their individual stars are relatively young. NGC 869 is 5.6 million years old and NGC 884 is 3.2 million years old. In compari-son, the Pleiades have an estimated age ranging from 75 to 150 million years. “There are more than 300 blue-white super giant stars in each of the clusters,” he says. “They’ll be a real Christmas treat in Westmont’s 8-inch refractor.”

The Keck Telescope is housed in the observatory between Russell Carr Field and the track and field/soccer

complex. Free parking is available near the baseball field.

Camping Plan Travels to Top with Judges

Nomad.com, a one-stop planning/booking resource for camping trips and equipment, took first place at the 23rd annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition on December 6. Students Davis Darnall, Sterling Montes, Tyler Nordlund and Henry Prevette presented their winning venture plan to an overflow crowd of more than 90 in Westmont’s Founders Room.

The final four venture teams made 15-minute presentations fol-lowed by 20 minutes of questions from the five judges, Susan Block, investment banker at Block-Bowman & Associates; Peter Dealy, president of West End Partners; Eli Eisenberg, founder and CEO of Straight Line Management; Barry Fay, president of McConnell’s Ice Cream and owner of Montecito Growth Advisors; and Jason Spievak, CEO of RingRevenue

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The 27th Annual Parade of Lights was held Sunday, December 9, with Captain Skip Abed as this

year’s Parade of Lights Chair. Helping out Skip were Captain David Bacon as Master of Ceremonies at the judg-ing area at Stearns Wharf and Skip’s Steering Committee Renee Smith, Mick Kronman, Brian Slagle, Patrick Henry, Greg Gorga, David Bacon, Steve Hyslop, Rachael Steidl and Stacy Boodworth.

The harbor cannon signaled the commencement of the boat parade in front of the judge’s station at the Conway Winery’s Deep Sea Tasting Room outdoor patio on Stearns Wharf. Immediately following the parade, a fireworks dis-play was presented by Bay Fireworks Co. that featured holiday colors of red, green, white and blue.

Tallying up the points was not difficult this year, with clear markers for each boating category. During the judging and “laughing all the way ho, ho, ho,” one of the judges discovered that some of the boats, names graciously withheld from this report, were only decorated on the star-board side, the side the judges saw, and lost points for half a boat. Entertaining the ‘troops’ were the Mistle Tones Barber Shop Quartet with wonderful holiday carols.

The winners were announced by Skip at the awards ceremony held at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, with much support from fellow boat-ers. Judges were Lin Aubuchon,

Rincon Broadcasting; Zoe Taylor, SB Chamber Interim President; David Baxter, SBYC Commodore; Helene Webb, SB Harbor Commissioner; and Cathy Murillo, SB Council Member.

Winners: Grand Prize Best Overall: Shawn Hughs and Brie Billups, Scrub A DubCommercial Fishing 1st Place: Bernard Friedman, PerseveranceCommercial Other 1st Place: Cliff Albritton, Channel CatPower Boat 1st Place: Roger and Sarah Chrisman, PolarisSail Boat 1st Place: Shawn Hughs and Brie Billups, Scrub A DubHuman Power 1st Place: Lorraine Brandt and Dan McCarter, Gyro StarsGolden Bilge Pump Award for Last Place: Juana, Jose, Jessy and Angelica Zavala, Kayak

Sponsors for the parade were: The City of Santa Barbara, Harbor Merchants Associations, Stearns Wharf Business Association, and the Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Media spon-sors included Cox Media, ParentClick.com, K-Lite & KYTD Radio, Haagen/Typecraft, Inc., and The Santa Barbara Independent. •MJ

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and former CFO of Callwave. LEEF by S.K.S. Technologies, pro-

viding immediate, automatic digital back-up and storage of photos from digital SLR cameras, (Ryan Stalker, Taylor Skidmore, Filipp Kozachuk) came in second and Earthos Corp., an online, interactive marketplace for non-profit organizations to sell prod-ucts direct to conscientious consumers (Dave Gaultiere, Aaron Bailey, Nick Cruz) earned third place.

The student teams will now be entered into national collegiate busi-ness plan competitions hosted at dif-ferent universities around the U.S. during spring 2013.

Thirty-four students in Westmont’s Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development class formed 10 venture teams, and a separate screening panel, which included David Newton, pro-fessor of entrepreneurship, selected the final four.

More than 70 former students of Newton’s have launched and man-aged their own ventures, and 28 ven-ture teams have gone on to compete in national venture forums since 1990.

Alpha Resource Lauds Professor

Christine Milner, Westmont pro-fessor of kinesiology, received the Imagine a World Award from the Alpha Resource Center on December 11. Austin Sutton and Becca Kennedy, participants in the Katie’s FUNd pro-gram at Alpha, gave Milner the award during her Special Populations course, which studies disabilities encountered in medical and educational settings. Alpha representatives Julie Badella, director of program services, and Amy Buesker, Teen Extreme coordinator, were also at the ceremony. The award is given to people who help create an inclusive community and is based on the idea of imagining a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Milner, who joined the Westmont faculty in 1978, has encouraged her students to volunteer with Katie’s FUNd, which provides social and recreational activities for teens. The

Alpha website says over the past five years, about 100 Westmont stu-dents served the program. “They have all come with an understand-ing and open attitude, willing to learn and grow,” it says. “Many of them have fallen in love with the program and, after finishing their class, become paid staff for Katie’s FUNd.

“Professor Milner and the whole Westmont Kinesiology Department have made this a priority for the stu-dents, ensuring that when they enter the professional world as physical therapists, occupational therapists, or any number of other kinesiol-ogy related fields, they will be ready and able to work with people of all abilities in a respectful and caring way. They are truly helping to cre-ate an inclusive community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.” •MJ

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“Home for the holidays” has become a cliché, but for rock quartet Tommy & the High

Pilots, Christmas truly is one of the few times the Santa Barbara-based band sticks around town for very long.

For leader-singer-songwriter-gui-tarist Tommy Cantillon, the road has been his home ever since form-ing the High Pilots from the ashes of Holden, the precursor band he joined at age 15. Now, with the band readying a fourth album to be released early next year, Tommy & the High Pilots are back in Santa Barbara for their annual Christmas show, which last year stepped up from SOhO to the Lobero, and still promptly managed to sell out.

Cantillon talked about the preced-ing 12 months and the new songs that he’ll preview at the Christmas concert back at the Lobero Friday night, which will, as before, feature special guests and lots of holiday cheer, including an open bar.

Q. So what’s new up in High Pilots’ airspace?

A. We just got home last night, drove straight back from St. Louis after finishing up a few tracks for our new record, which we’re plan-ning to put out early in 2013. We were gone altogether this year for nine months on the road. This last trip was five weeks. First we played some dates with Hush Sounds. Then we recorded in Chicago for two weeks, and then drove down to St. Louis for nine more days recording there. It’s a pretty unconventional approach, working with three dif-ferent producers in three different cities. We started in Los Angeles with Matt Wallace, who’s worked with REM, Train and also Sugarcult, who were a Santa Barbara band.

That was very cool. But he’s a busy dude. So we continued in Chicago with Mark McClusky who made American Riviera with us. Then Jason McIntyre produced our sessions in St. Louis; he’s the guy who made our third record. We definitely had some anxiety about the whole thing being cohesive. But I think it’s coming out okay.

Can you share a bit about the new songs?

I hate to sound like a cliché, but I firmly believe it’s the best stuff I’ve done. I notice when I write, in my subconscious all the songs tend to be about the same thing. A lot of it is autobiographical, but also things that just come to me. The common theme seems to be about enduring, going through hardships and dealing with it, having people there for you, and not getting too down.

The first song, “Painted Cave,” refers to the 1990 fire, the big fire, the most damaging wildfire at the time. My family had just moved here from L.A. I was only four, but it made a lasting impression on me. I’d always wanted to write about it. And the song just showed up. Not to sound cheesy, but it’s about going through the fire and coming out alive.

There are nine songs done so far for the record, and they’re not all about literal fire, or even as symbolism. But being in a band, sleeping on floors, going through tough times, it shows up in the writing. So the songs are about cheering up.

“Painted Cave” is also the working title for the album, and of course we

did American Riviera before. So we’re still proud to be from Santa Barbara.

Just nine songs so far? Are they coming slower than before?

No, I’m still writing a lot, but I’m just being more selective. It seems like I write good songs in pairs, but the bad ones come in spades. You’re excited when you’re writing it but when you come back you realize it’s crap and wonder, ‘How did I ever come up with this?’ But if there is a song that comes together after a few weeks, usually another good one just seems to show up the next day. The best ones often get done in like fifteen minutes. No overthinking. That’s a problem with all writers.

So we started out with thirty or forty songs to arrive at these nine, and they’ve even gone through transforma-tions. When something comes up and it’s a contender, it either turns on the light to other songs – so you’re think-ing, ‘Hey that works too’ – or you real-ize the other ones aren’t as good. And you can get into a thing where every song has to be as good as your favorite one, which can make things difficult.

So what specifically can you point to as far as knowing you’re improving as a songwriter?

I’m always apprehensive to say that I’m doing refining. If you actually find your sound, you’re in trouble. You end up always trying to recreate it, and then you hit the wall. So we just try to write the best songs we can. Obviously I’m biased toward the new stuff because it’s refreshing. And you don’t really know what you’ve got

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until you play it live. That’s what U2’s Bono said, but it’s true. A lot of these songs will be new to Santa Barbara.

So what else went on for you guys in 2012? High points? Disappointments?

We hit the road right away, out touring February through April with Alan Stone, the great young soul sing-er from Seattle. We joined up right when the big frenzy started with him. That was great for us because we get put in front of these amazing crowds who really liked what we were doing. Touring is a lot like summer camp. You don’t know anyone when you get there and you’re really shy for two days, but within a week, you’ve made some close friends, and are having a good time. We just hit it off and I know we’ll all be friends forever. Alan would have come to the Christmas show, but he had a conflict. Hush Sounds was good, too, because all the shows were sold out, and we got to play in New York and the East Coast. And we played some gigs with Hello Goodbye where we made a lot of new fans and sold some merchandise. It’s great to play for a half hour and sell 100 CDs. Touring has the snowball effect: the more you get out and play the more people want to see you. So it’s been a great year.

I can’t really think of any low points, and I guess I’m kind of glad that I have to fish around for that.

Well alright, that covers most of the year. Let’s talk Christmas. What do you have in store for us this year at the Lobero? Any special surprises?

We’re going to be doing pictures with Santa, which was a big hit last year. The fireplace backdrop is very cool. There will be a big opening, a nice Christmas montage that will lead into our show. And the open bar thing again, too: we’ve got wine from Oreana, and beer from Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. I think we’re getting a tequila sponsor as well, although that got a little crazy last year. Natalie Noone, who is the daughter of Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, is opening the show, and then sing-ing a few songs with the band later. She grew up in Montecito and just graduated from college in Nashville. So it’s pretty cool to have her with us. Phat J, the DJ at KJEE will emcee. We always like doing things with local people in the show. But I don’t have all the details lined up yet because we were gone for so long and I was doing everything by email. But we do have lots of special guests. Santa will play the trumpet. There will be extra percussionists, an extra keyboardist. It’s exciting, because everywhere else we play on tour it’s just the four of us in the band, so it’s nice to flesh out the sound. We’re pumped.

And then we’re also doing the food

drive for the Unity Shoppe again. Peanut butter. They say they can never have too much. So we’re asking every-body to bring a jar or two to the show.

Your show is one of the rare rock con-certs with an open bar policy. Most places either want to limit drinking, or make money off it. Why are you different?

Honestly, I feel it’s because half of the people in attendance don’t know who we are; they just come for the booze. I’m just kidding, but it does help. The thing is, everyone‘s there to have a good time. It’s a big reunion of everyone we know from high school, so it’s about having fun. And who wants to spend extra money on booze? So this way you can drink all the beer and wine you want. But make sure you party safely.

State Street Ballet Presents The nutcracker

Santa Barbara is rife with produc-tions of The Nutcracker every December, from small dance school shows in smaller theaters to the Festival Ballet’s huge spectacular at the Arlington. But State Street Ballet’s Nutcracker is only one homegrown production that arrives in town after first touring to other cities. Co-choreographer and ballet master Gary McKenzie filled us in on what makes SSB’s show – which plays three shows over Saturday and Sunday – so special.

Q. State Street changed from its unique Hollywood theme to a more tradition-al Nutcracker when you moved to the Granada. Why and what new approach did you take?

A. The places we were going on

tour were asking for something more traditional. Even though I loved the Hollywood, if you want to tour, you have to do what the promoters want. The new show is still an adaptation. I choreographed quite a bit of it, and we kept a lot of what we could. Some of the dances are almost exactly the same; we just changed the styles of a few just to move past the Hollywood aspects.

How much room for originality is there in a show that has such a clear format and such ardent and rigid fans?

There are actually quite a lot of opportunities. The format is set, of course, and so is the structure. But the music is so beautiful that you can pret-ty much do what you want as far as the divertissements. Just about every-

State Street Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker can be seen three times over Saturday and Sunday (photo credit: David Eck)


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a looming Federal Trade Commission investigation into Google were key signs the president wanted him in the cabinet, according to the Washington Examiner.

“Support in 2008, plus support in 2012, plus personal counsel by Schmidt in 2012, may now equal a plum cabinet post,” one source told the newspaper.

But now Schmidt, 57, has put all the rumors to rest with an interview in the Wall Street Journal.

“I said last time and I’ve said again that Google is my home. I have no interest in working for the federal government.”

Schmidt has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry, and has worked for the global search engine giant since 2001...

A Sign for SusanNewly sworn-in Montecito Fire

Protection District director, Susan Keller, had quite an eerie experience just an hour before the ceremony.

“It was precisely 2:56 pm when I got out of the shower, dripping wet, and realized the unpleasant high pitched noise I was hearing wasn’t air in the pipes, but the smoke detectors going off. All of them!

“The sound was deafening.“Towel-wrapped and leaving wet

footprints behind me, I ran through the house to see if there really was a

fire. Finding none, I then set about trying to turn off the alarms, fearful of having the firefighters show up and finding me undressed.

“After turning off all the circuit breakers to no avail, I managed to poke at one fire detector with a broom stick and the sound finally stopped as a result, or not, of those efforts.”

Susan, who was sworn in with Gene Sinser and Abe Powell, says she doesn’t believe in coincidences.

“It was a vivid reminder of how much we all live in fear of fire in our very vulnerable area,” she says. “And how important it is to have a top notch fire department.”

And what timing...

The Jaguar ConspiracyPaul McNabb’s fascination with

Jaguar motorcars has led him to write his first novel.

The retired data company execu-tive has written a column for a classic Jaguar magazine in the U.K. for the past six years and one of his first inter-views was with Terry Larson in Mesa, Arizona, one of the world’s foremost experts on the British marque, particu-larly C and D types, which were the racing cars of the ‘50s.

“He has bulldozed a huge area on his property, built a gigantic shop and garage, and then covered it over to keep it cool in the summer and warm

in the winter. He allowed me to sit in one of the cars, raced by Stirling Moss at Le Mans in 1954. On the flight home I started dreaming up a story about a missing Jag hidden in an under-ground garage for fifty years.”

Six years on Paul has launched his first Michael McAllister murder mys-tery, The Jaguar Conspiracy, which has the private investigator trailing two killers in San Francisco.

Now Paul has signed a three book deal with Mitchell Morris Publishing, he told me at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the Upper Village.

His second novel, tentatively titled Hope Against Hope, is centered around Santa Barbara...

Los Suenos in the SpotlightJust in time for the holidays,

Montecito-based attorney Robert Lieff has hit the big time with the Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper’s scribe, Nancy Keates, has just written a fulsome feature on his 3.5-acre George Washington Smith estate, Los Suenos, which he shares with his former TV reporter wife, Gretchen.

In fact, she notes, Robert has owned the estate twice, having first pur-chased it in 2004 for $4.5 million for he and his then wife, Carole, and spend-ing another $2 million on renovation.

When his ex-wife, who received the property in the divorce, moved to Montana earlier this year, Robert lost no time in re-purchasing the 1929 seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom man-sion, which was owned in the ‘80s by Joan Cohn Harvey, the widow of Columbia Pictures president, Harry Cohn, for $10.5 million.

“I knew I would get this house back sooner or later,” says Robert, 76. “I always wanted this house.”

Since then the tony twosome have

worked with an architectural archivist at UCSB to dig up the original draw-ings and related correspondence. The house is now included in an architec-tural tour of the area and the couple, as I reported, hosted a meeting of the George Washington Smith Society last month.

They also own and operate Lieff Wines in Napa, and Alamo Creek Ranch, a 2,500-acre property with a vineyard in San Luis Obispo...

Joyeux NoelSanta Barbara Museum of Art’s

Mary Craig Auditorium was packed to the rafters when The Aulos Ensemble performed “Joyeux Noel: An Evening of French Baroque Music for the Season.”

The 40-year-old quintet, all gradu-ates of Juilliard in New York, fea-

ture a glorious blend of flute, cello, oboe, violin and harpsichord and one of the great joys of the holiday season, when I lived in Manhattan, was attending their concerts in front of the Neapolitan Christmas tree in the Medieval Sculpture Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Given the Baroque era, with its Christmas oratorios and concertos, is particularly rich in musical obser-vances of Yuletide, this performance couldn’t fail to please, featuring as it did, works by Corrette, Balbastre, Rameau and Couperin, who super-vised the chamber music concerts for Louis XIV at Versailles.

It was a high note indeed...

Carousing on the Channel CatWhat better place to watch the glit-

tering 27th annual Parade of Lights than the Channel Cat, one of the world’s largest catamarans, owned by Montecito-based Charlie Munger, 88, vice chairman of the Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.

More than 100 guests boarded the 85-ft-long vessel for the two-hour nau-

Google honcho Eric Schmidt turns down opportu-nity of a Washington cabinet post

Susan Keller’s eerie experi-ence

Paul McNabb launches his first novel

Legal eagle Robert Lieff writ-ten up in Wall Street Journal (photo by Priscilla)

Richard and Patsy Blake with the Aulos Ensemble: Myron Lutzke, Linda Quan, Marc Schachaman, Haas and Christopher Krueger (photo by Priscilla)

20 – 27 December 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 37You don’t take a photograph, you make it – Ansel Adams

tical jaunt, a fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

The vessel, ornately decorated to reflect the “Starry, Starry Night” theme, passed so close to Stearns Wharf that invitees could practically touch those standing on the pier to watch the colorful fireworks display.

Among the swells on board were Willard and Jo Thompson, John and Christy Venable, John and Yvonne Ogden, Gwen Stauffer, Doug and Linda Wood, Silvio Di Loreto, and Richard and Patty Slater.

Afterwards guests attended a post-parade party at the museum, just an anchor’s toss away, where more than $3,000 in prizes was handed out...

Artsy Affair

Artist Nancy Gifford and her hus-band, Michael, opened the doors of their Montecito manse for a holiday bash for the Santa Barbara Arts Fund.

Forty of the fund’s top patrons were given a tour of the Gifford’s exten-sive contemporary collection, many by Nancy herself, as well as her light-filled studio.

Among those appreciating the visu-al, not to mention the champagne and canapés, were Chris Lancashire, Kerrie Kilpatrick-Weinberg, Beth Anne Christensen, Rosalind Amorteguy and fund executive direc-tor, Catherine Gee...

Captivating QuireQuire of Voyces, which was found-

ed in 1993 by musical director Nathan Kreitzer, had a first when it per-formed its Christmas concert at St. Anthony’s Chapel.

The ensemble, which sings a cappel-la choral music of the Renaissance and modern age, has always been vocal, but broke the long tradition when Westmont College instructor Eric Heidner joined the performance to play a sackbut, a medieval version of the trombone, during John Taverner’s “Western Wynde” mass.

The addition worked well, as the talented musicians also sang works

from Praetorius, Gevaert, Reger, Leighton, and two pieces “The Cherry Tree Carol” and “In Judah’s Land” by composer-in-residence, Michael Eglin, music director at El Montecito Presbyterian Church.

Soprano Nichole Dechaine added to the show singing “Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child” by Kenneth Leighton, who died in 1988.

The performance concluded, as is traditional, with “Silent Night”...

Rest in Peace

The late oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller’s Manhattan apartment was nothing to be sniffed at.

In the ‘80s, when I was a TV com-mentator for ABC’s “World News Now”, I was lucky enough to be invit-ed to the 34-room, 17,000-sq-ft aerie at 740 Park Avenue, the world’s rich-est apartment building, whose his-tory was chronicled by my former New York Magazine colleague, Michael Gross, in his 2005 bestselling book.

The sprawling pad was then owned by Saul Steinberg, a swashbuckling corporate raider, who has just died at the age of 73.

Known for his over the top soirées, when his daughter, Laura, married Jonathan Tisch of the hotel dynas-ty, 500 guests mingled among 50,000 French roses.

A year later, for his 50th birthday, his wife, Gayfryd, orchestrated ten tab-leaus of living models – many of them naked – displaying scenes from paint-ings by the old masters, at their Long Island home in Quogue, which, by coincidence, they had bought from a friend of mine, Christine Oppenheim, who moved to Paris.

Steinberg was a unique, larger than life individual who lived his life to the full...

Sightings: Robert De Niro and wife, Grace Hightower, noshing at Olio e Limone... Bill Cosby spotted at the Xanadu Bakery on Coast Village Road... Carol Burnett and Cheryl Ladd at the Bacara

Pip! Pip! for now – and Happy Holidays!

Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmin [email protected] or send invita-tions and other correspondence to the Journal •MJ

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Blenders in the Grass1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611)

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Montecito Deli1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717)Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm. (Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home-made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its specialty, The Piadina, a homemade flat bread made daily.

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Bistro Eleven Eleven $$1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the bistro serves breakfast and lunch featuring all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of tradi-tional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Open Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 6:30 am to 10 pm.

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EnTERTAinMEnT (Continued from page 35)thing is at your own disposal. The party scene is obviously more rigid – that had to change the most when we moved away from the Hollywood theme – but there is quite a bit of lee-way for creativity in everything else even if it is traditional. Almost every-thing is adapted to the dancers that we’re using. If they’re really good, like this year, we crank it up a little bit. It changes very slowly, but over time there is a difference. And there are a few new costumes every year rather than a wholesale change that would be too expensive. So it does morph over time.

You’re dancing The Nutcracker to a live orchestra in Santa Barbara for the first time in the company’s history. How is that working?

It makes tremendous difference not only for the audience, but also for us on stage. It’s very uplifting. Dancing to canned music leaves a lot to be desired. But you do have be a bit more alert. With recorded music, you know exactly what you’re going to get. With a conductor, you tell them what you want, but you don’t always get it. So it does make people have to stay more alert to the tempo. That’s part of the excitement.

Rubicon Family Christmas

Brian McDonald started laughing so hard when we began our con-versation that he had some trou-ble catching his breath. The award-winning actor and director who appeared in the national tours of Miss Saigon and Forever Plaid before join-ing Rubicon Theatre as the compa-ny’s first production manager and director of education now serves as a resident director and associate pro-ducer. But he just might be having his best time yet in his 10-year tenure as director of the 2012 “Rubicon Family Christmas,” which is returning to the Ventura stage for the first time in three years.

“We’re adding this crazy Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer dance number/sing-along,” he says, still laughing. “Did you ever see the Judy Garland Christmas TV special? It’s this wonderful thing where the chorus takes place in Judy’s living room. All these people show up, all the special guests, and suddenly for no reason whatsoever, these people dressed up in odd Santa Claus outfits burst into the room, do this crazy dance and swing her around and then leave. So I told our cast, that’s going to be our inspira-tion: ‘Get crazy, have fun, make it a really good time.’”

Just as with the old TV special, Rubicon’s holiday offering is a smor-gasbord of entertainment, a musical

revue full of optimism and cheer and a visit from Santa – all of which prompted critic Steven Stanley of LA Stage Scene to hail the show as “The best and brightest live ‘Holiday Special’ in town… An hour and a half of the best performed holiday songs you’re likely to hear all Christmas season” when the second season played back in 2009.

Now much of the same cast – including Joan Almedilla, Teri Bibb, Dina Bennett, Trey Ellett, Anthony Manough and Brian Sutherland, all of whom have starred on Broadway in such shows as Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, 1776 and Rent – is back together again, largely via their own request, explained McDonald, who filled us in on what to expect when “Rubicon Family Christmas” per-forms at Ventura College’s new the-ater for five shows this Thursday through Sunday.

Q. How did Rubicon get into the Christmas revue business?

A. It was originally my brainchild back then because we were looking to do a holiday show, and we weren’t crazy about putting on just another traditional version of A Christmas Carol (ironically, Rubicon is also con-currently hosting a new modern-ized musical version of Dickens’ tale called Little Miss Scrooged at its on-site theater, necessitating the move to Ventura College for the revue). So I suggested we come up with our own revue. The original inspiration came from the annual “Carols for a Cure” CDs where current Broadway composers and artists would do these funky, twisted arrangements of Christmas carols, and we started off using some of those arrangements, but then I went through and listened to all sorts of music and Christmas songs, and come up with a bunch of things I thought were great. There are some mash-ups of songs: “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” segues into “Nature Boy” by Nat King Cole. We’re doing “River” by Joni Mitchell. It runs the gamut from pop and gospel to tradi-tional carols.

How do you determine the material, how does it change year-to-year? There are a lot of Christmas songs: how do you sift through and pick what works?

Really, it’s whatever I respond to. If it’s cool or unique. It usually happens on the first listen. Something either intrigues me or moves me either through the poetry or the music or just the arrangement itself that gets me excited. Then I put all the pieces together in a list, and from there start looking at ways to tie things together to create medleys. And that gives the


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SANTA BARBARA APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF AN

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

AND ELINGS PARK DATED AS OF JANUARY 10, 2013, FOR

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Grant House, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy

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RESOLUTION NO. 12-087

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA BARBARA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO

GRANT A TEN-YEAR EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE FOR

CITYWIDE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND

DISPOSAL SERVICES IN THE CITY TO MARBORG

INDUSTRIES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION.

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WHEREAS, the terms of the new franchise include desirable new services for ratepayers and the City and new diversion requirements that

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WHEREAS, Section 1401 of the Charter of the City of Santa Barbara requires the City Council to publicly declare its intention to grant a

franchise and to state the character of the franchise and the terms and conditions under which the franchise will operate, and to fix a specific

date and time where persons having an interest in the franchise agreement may be heard by the City Council, and any objection to the

franchise agreement may be expressed.

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SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 1401 of the City Charter, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara declares its intention to hold a public

hearing on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 2:00 pm in the City Council Chambers of the Santa Barbara City Hall located at 735 Anacapa St.,

Santa Barbara, CA 93101 to consider granting a ten-year franchise to MarBorg Industries, Inc. for solid waste collection and disposal

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SECTION 2. Any and all persons having an interest in the proposed franchise or any objection to the proposed franchise agreement will be

heard by the City Council on that date, and any objection to the franchise agreement may be expressed at such hearing prior to a City

Council determination on the franchise and the possible introduction of an ordinance authorizing and approving award of the franchise to

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SECTION 3. The terms and conditions of the proposed franchise agreement are generally described in the Exhibits attached hereto as

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SECTION 4. In accordance with Section 1401 of the City Charter, the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Resolution at least once

within fifteen (15) days of its adoption in the official newspaper.

RESOLUTION NO. 12-087

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

December 11, 2012, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Frank Hotchkiss, Grant House, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy

White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 12,

2012.

/s/

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I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing resolution on December 12, 2012.

/s/

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Mayor

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Community Leaders Luncheon

The board of directors of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (SFSB) invited over 450 donors and community leaders to a luncheon at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort to celebrate its 50th Anniversary year.

Since its beginning in 1962, the SFSB has provided 32,887 scholarships totaling $72 million to our County’s students. It has also advised more

than 25,000 students and parents about financial aid.

Executive Director Colette Hadley helped out board president Alan Griffin with the welcome and intro-ductions. Colette is sure her 40-mem-ber board is the best in town. A spe-cial thanks went to event sponsors Montecito Bank & Trust and Venoco.

The first speaker was Valerie Fuette, a trustee for the Cavalletto Charities. She explained, “The Cavalletto Charities pays for all the administration expenses of SFSB, so when someone donates, it all goes to the student.”

After lunch, student speaker Danielle Tustin told us her heart-warming story. “I had a bad child-hood with teenage parents who were

alcoholics and drug users. My mom left my younger brother and me when I was just four. I soon learned that my dad was never going to be a daddy. We eventually lived with my grand-parents, but then I was sent to my mom in the seventh grade. I got my first job at thirteen and have worked part time ever since.” Danielle gradu-ated salutatorian from San Marcos and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA. She will take her bar exam in February. As she said, “I received $41,000 in scholarships, or I could never have done it.”

The 50th Anniversary Celebration Year co-chairs were Patricia MacFarlane and Joanne Rapp. This luncheon was the finale and Patricia introduced the Community Leader speaker Angel Martinez, CEO of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, the company that makes the boots for the Zoo penguin so he can live a normal life. Angel was born in Cuba and was sent to the Bronx for an education. His father was supposed to come along later, but the Cuban missile crisis hap-pened and he didn’t see his father or brother for 34 years.

The guardians that raised him spoke little English, so Angel was fill-

ing out Medicare forms for them at age eight. He wrote his own excuses from school. After moving to the West Coast in the ‘70s, the family opened a small store that sold sports shoes. It was the beginning of Reebok. Angel recognized the need for good shoes for all the joggers, male and female. After 21 years he retired, but not for long. Now he heads up Deckers.

Angel believes that there are takers, makers and givers throughout our lives. He was a taker while young, then a maker and now he’s a giver and hopes we’ll all become givers too.

Some of those attending were Shirley Ann Hurley, Dori Carter, Maryan and Dick Schall, Warren and Mary Lynn Staley, Erik and Judy Frost and Mary and Ron Nanning.

SFSB can still use more donors. As an example in 2012, over 3,000 qualified applications were received and 743 applicants had to be turned away due to lack of funds. Every year this happens, unfortunately. College graduates earn approximately $1.2 million more over their lifetimes than do high school graduates. For more information about SFSB, call 687-6065. •MJ

SBIFF sponsor Lynda Weinman and husband Bruce Heavin

Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara 50th Anniversary Year co-chairs Patty MacFarlane and Joanne Rapp at their culminating luncheon

SFSB executive director Colette Hadley and board member Valerie Fuette at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort

SFSB Board president Alan Griffin, student speaker Danielle Tustin and chairman and CEO of Deckers Corporation Angel Martinez at the celebration

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show its shape. This year, it came out like a day of Christmas, starting out with the fun family stuff, the kids and Frosty and Rudolph and Santa. Then it moves into the evening and Christmas, shifting from full to respectful and spiritual, ending with “Silent Night.”

Can you talk about the casting? These are some pretty impressive Broadway actors you’ve assembled again.

They’re great. Terri is just a beau-tiful soprano with a glorious voice and she’s so funny. It’s wonderful that she gets to show off her come-dic side. Brian Sutherland, who is coming in from New York, is a fan-tastic bass baritone with a buttery gorgeous voice. All the actors will get to have some fun. Trey is from Rent and Tick Tick Boom – he’s got that smoky pop voice. Anthony is a fabulous singer who handles the gospel and R&B. Dina is an old pro at this as most of her life is spent in the concert world in swing bands.

Joan was on Miss Saigon tour and Les Mis. They’re unique and stand on their own but they also come together in an amazing way. There are some intense harmonies in the show. When we first did it, we were surprised at how magical the blend was of these voices. They’re sing-ing music they absolutely love and they’re all very fond of each other and performing together. They’d been asking us to do this again since the last show ended. So it has become a family group for real.

It’s Rubicon’s first show at Ventura College. What’s the venue like?

There are more than twice as many seats, almost four hundred. But it feels very intimate. Even the back row isn’t far from the stage. It’s wider of course, but you don’t feel lost. They did a great job with the renovations. And we’re bringing over quite a lot of our own lighting and equipment. It’s going to be a quite a spectacular. •MJ

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From Russia with ‘Swan’ song? – The estimable Moscow Ballet is coming to the Chumash Casino tonight to present a performance of a legendary ballet by Tchaikovsky. Nope, it’s not The Nutcracker. For some reason the venerable Russian ensemble has chosen Swan Lake, another classic and timeless tale, which premiered in Moscow 135 years ago. It also may be music to the ears (if you’ll pardon the wordplay) for those who are sick of the season ‘Cracker. The ballet is a gripping tale of love, betrayal and the ultimate triumph of good over evil – a riveting love story with an evil sorcerer whose spell makes young maidens spend daylight hours as swans. And it’s also one of the more challenging works in the repertoire, requiring female ballerinas to dance en pointe for four acts. The Moscow boasts top Russian dancers – with leads Karyna Shatkovsakaya and Vladimir Tkachenko, plus 18 swans in white costumes –lush costumes and lavish sets, all staged by Vladimir Troschenko, the former dance partner of legendary ballerinas Nadia Pavlova, Ludmilla Seminyaka and Galina Mezentseva. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $35-

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‘Life’ goes on – Carpinteria’s newly thriving Plaza Playhouse Theater launches a series of holiday-themed screenings tonight with the classic Capra charmer It’s a Wonderful Life. The film airs every year on TV, but tonight offers a rare chance to see it again (or for the first time, if you’re under 60) on the big screen, where Jimmy Stewart’s character George Bailey – going through a financial and midlife crisis – gets a chance to see what his town would have been like if he’d never been born. Enjoy Zuzu’s petals, bells ringing, Clarence’s river jump, George lassoing the moon, and all the other famous scenes the way they were meant to be scene, up on the silver screen amongst friends. The series continues Saturday with A Christmas Story, starring Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the ‘40s who dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun, but runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even Santa Claus. Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin also star in this film, that screens along with a raffle at the theater on Saturday. The series closes Sunday afternoon with The Polar Express, local filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ tale

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20

Contemporary Christmas jazz – Dave Koz and Friends’ Christmas Tour, a high-energy holiday tradition now celebrating its 15th anniversary, returns to the Granada with an all-star ensemble fronted by the seven-time Grammy nominated saxophonist who counts four holiday-themed albums among his dozen releases in a two-decade career. Koz’s special guests for 2013 are comprised of several past associates including Grammy-nominated pianist/composer David Benoit, who appeared in the original 1997 line-up and was instrumental in the tour’s creation; Javier Colon, who sang on Koz’s Saxophonic album and was the winner of the inaugural season of NBC’s hit show, The Voice; and drummer-percussionist-vocalist Sheila E. (Prince, Cyndi Lauper. Ringo Starr), who makes her debut in the Christmas

lineup after appearances on previous Dave Koz & Friends summer tours. Also, singer-songwriter Margo Rey is making her first appearance on the tour. The quintet performs hits from their respective catalogues and jam on original arrangements of seasonal favorites, including a medley of “Peanuts” holiday music inspired by Benoit, who has paid tribute to Vince Guaraldi’s timeless music with several “Peanuts” themed albums. The show is also a benefit for Unity Shoppe, which will receive $1 from each Dave Koz Christmas CD sold at this show; concert-goers are also encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys to be collected for Unity at the theater. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $49-$88 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23

Bayou to you – Calling all contra dancers, Cajun music lovers, fiddle freaks, square dance supporters, and those with extra Christmas spirit to share: it’s time once again for Bayou Seco’s annual visit to the weekly Sunday night contra dance at Carrillo Recreation Center. Bayou Seco – otherwise known as the multi-instrumentalist singer-song collectors Ken Keppeler and

Jeanie McLerie – are like a living warehouse of older traditional American music, with a particular emphasis on Cajun music from southwest Louisiana. The couple has collected tunes and songs for decades, learning from the original players or other old-timers, including, in the last 30 years, traditional Hispanic, cowboy and Tohono O’odham musicians in New Mexico and Arizona. Keppeler and McLerie both play fiddle and guitar and sing, while Keppeler also works out on one- and three-row diatonic accordions, five-string banjo, harmonica and mandolin. The pair come out to the Santa Barbara area each December to visit relatives, and always drop by Carrillo to play for the contra dance in what usually also turns into a family-style jam. Several of the area’s acoustic/roots musicians might sit in, including the virtuoso violinist Gilles Apap, dobroist Bill Flores and many others. Best of all, it’s free, whether you just want to listen or join in on the dance. WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: 100 E. Carrillo Street COST: free INFO: 699-5101/www.sbcds.org or www.bayouseco.com

of a young boy on Christmas Eve who boards a powerful magical train that’s headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus’ home. Santa will be on hand for this special matinee to pose for photos with the kids. WHEN: “Wonderful Life” 8pm Friday; “Christmas Story” 8pm Saturday, “Polar Express” at 2pm Sunday WHERE: 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria COST: $5 per movie INFO: 684-6380 or www.plazatheatercarpinteria.com

Solstice Winter Ball – The sun sets before 5pm and it’s chilly enough to see your breath in the air. That must mean it’s time for Summer Solstice! Well, the winter solstice celebration anyway. The annual Winter White Ball – which moves over to the new Butler Events Center on Upper State Street this year – features music from Area 51, one of the area’s most popular party bands and a fixture at the Summer Solstice post-parade party in the park each June, plus tunes from DJ Steven J, Astrology and Tarot Readers, and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Summer Solstice Parade, and you’ve got to either call the office or buy your tickets online in advance, as no tickets will be sold at the door. WHEN: 7-11pm WHERE: 3744 State Street COST: $45, or $80 per couple INFO: 965-3396 or www.solsticeparade.com

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22

Gem of a Nutcracker – Along with State Street Ballet’s annual offering, also taking place this weekend, West Coast

Ballet get the honor of the final Nuctracker of the season, with the final show’s curtain going up just 10 hours before Christmas Eve day. The company’s 22nd annual presentation of Tchaikovsky’s classic holiday ballet based on E.T. Amadeus Hoffman’s eternal Christmas story comes complete with falling snow, dancing sweets, magical dolls, waltzing flowers, fighting mice and lots more, and takes place at the Center Stage Theater, the most intimate setting of all the Nutcracker shows each year. This year, the current dancers are joined by select alumni, including Mia Monteabaro, as well as the students of the Ellen Schipper Classical Ballet Studio; Ms Schipper also serves as artistic director of the production. Christopher Story IV and local character actors fill out the cast. WHEN: 7:30pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $26 general, $21 students and seniors, $16 children 12 and under INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

‘A Fairgrounds Christmas’ – The Ventura County Fairgrounds launches a new holiday tradition with this event celebrating the season that’s free and open to everyone. Activities take place in the Children’s Dell, McBride Building and Main Gate Park at the fairgrounds, which also serves as host for the annual Ventura Fair every August. There will be visits from both Santa and Mrs. Claus, the happy couple taking time off from making gifts and getting the sleigh ready to pose for pictures with children (don’t

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SB Jazz All-Stars – The second annual community-oriented celebration of jazz, song and friends features several advanced college music students who matriculate at Boston’s Berklee and MIT all hailing from Montecito and Santa Barbara coming together to play a jazz concert while back home for winter vacation. Victor Murillo

graduated in 2008 from Santa Barbara High School, where he participated in the school’s Jazz band and Madrigals Choir soon after discovering the guitar. Without formal training and after just three months of self-taught experience, Murrillo decided to start his own choir with his sister at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, where he played for more than 100 people three times a week for two years. Next, he joined the jazz band as a bassist, and soon started playing gigs around town with Latin bands. In the ensuing years, he has performed and studied under Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Plas Johnson, Bob Mintzer, Fernando Huergo, Antonio Arnedo, Carlos Henriquez, Bob Patton, Ed Saindon and many others, and is currently studying under Oscar Stagnaro (the Grammy Award winning bassist for Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Chucho Valdez) at Berklee College of Music. Other local luminaries who are studying in Boston but are back for this concert include Presidential Scholar Lito Hernandez (alto sax), Jared Yee (tenor sax), Harry Swalley (trumpet), Matt Raphaelian (drums), with Mariel Bildsten from New York’s New School of Jazz on trombone, and 14 other SBHS/SBCC-trained musicians. WHEN: 3:30-8pm WHERE: Montecito Country Club COST: $15 in advance, $20 at the door (includes coffee and tea) INFO: 637-4303 or www.lobero.com

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28

Escape the Holidaze 2 – Also celebrating a sophomore effort is Santa Barbara violinist-singer Sally Barr, whose pop jazz ensemble The Sally Cats are readying a second post-Christmas concert for tonight. The first “holiday-unwinding” gig back in 2010 was a big success, with a standing room only crowd on hand. The band features saxist Tom Buckner, bassist James Connolly, drummer Jon Nathan and guitarist Brad Rabuchin, this year joined by Madalena, who will perform on trombone and also host

a trivia contest with prizes including tickets to the Santa Barbara ChamberOrchestra, the Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, The Cambridge Drive Series, a full season pass for two to the Trinity Backstage Series, the Music Academy of the West’s Met Live in HD screenings, and other merchandise and gift certificates. Fresh from the recording studio, the Sally Cats are on the verge of releasing their second CD, titled On the Prowl, and featuring a wildly diverse mix of jazz, rock, and blues, taking the Sally Cats beyond the borders of their earlier oeuvre. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: The Piano Kitchen, 430 Rose Ave. COST: $10 at the door (includes one trivia ticket, one home-made tamale, and one beverage) INFO: 680-1348 or www.thesallycats.com

forget the camera). The kids will also have the opportunity to shop secretly for mom and dad in the Children’s Christmas shopping mall and wrapping station, where elves will guide the children through a selection of gift items specially priced for their budgets. Meanwhile, a Winter Animal exhibit will include reindeer, a miniature camel, winter foxes, bald eagle, chinchillas and other creatures associated with the season. Kids can also partake of the unlimited Jolly Jumps and Magic Castle Fun House ($6). Gourmet Food Trucks will be on hand serving sweet and savory taste treats to satisfy all Christmas cravings, Live Christmas music come

courtesy the Jill Martini Soiree, with carols sung by Teen Challenge Kid’s Choir, and children’s dancing with Alma de Mexico and more. Truly last minute Christmas shopping – Santa comes in just three days – will be available with artwork, crafts, soaps, toys, t-shirts, souvenirs, 2013 Fair “WOW!” Passes (which offer 12 Fair admissions for $36) and much more on sale for gift giving. Decorations everywhere will provide beautiful Christmas backdrops for your family photos. WHEN: 10am-6pm WHERE: 10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura COST: free (on-site parking $5) INFO: 648-3376 or www.venturacountyfair.org •MJ


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A Family Office serving affluent Christian FamiliesF.T. Fereday

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105 East De La Guerra Suite 4 Santa Barbara, CA 93101www.feredayconsultants.com 805-962-9535

DINNER IN A POT!Enjoy the best HOME-MADE

CHICKEN MATZO BALL SOUP this side of anywhere.

A healthy dish of comfort food that serves 8 to 10; left over’s all week or freezes beautifully.

$60.00 for this yummy meal accompanied with a crusty baguette.

For more info call Carole at (805) 452-7400

or e-mail me at [email protected]

open Friday and Saturday 6 pm to midnight

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THE HATHAWAY TREE