MISCELLANY (Continued from page 30) Mara Abboud, Treesa Robinson, and Nina and Eric Phillips at the opening of Alito’s (photo by Priscilla)
Greg Huron, SBPD Chief Lori Luhnow, Luci and Rich Janssen, and Bea Molina with son Rey Molina (photo by Priscilla)
Sheriff Bill Brown, Diana Starr Langley, Mollie and Ali Ahlstrand, Gail Kvistad, Catherine Gee, Chris Lancashire, and Nina Johnson (photo by Priscilla)
Tatiana and James Fenkner, Ryan Comperatore, Patrick Braid, and Taylor Roberts celebrate the new restaurant (photo by Priscilla)
Fred Brander, Melissa Laine, Alito’s owner Ali Ahlstrand, with Wendy McCaw and Arthur von Wiesenberger (photo by Priscilla)
Philip Gasteier, Jerry Huffman, Mindy Gasteier, and Don and Carol Schireson at the newly opened Lost Horizon
‘We have had four brothers, Eduardo, Victor, Julio, and Juan Carlos Carranza, working for us as chefs for many years,” explained Ali. “Two of them are running the kitchen at Mollie’s, which has been a great success, and the other two, led by Eduardo, are running the kitchen at Alito’s, so it has worked out well. The menu is based on food their mother cooked for them while growing up in Mexico City.” The restaurant has undergone a complete makeover by Santa Barbara interior designer Eileen Dill and welcomed nearly 200 guests for the opening bash, including Ginni Dreier, Fred Brander, sheriff Bill Brown, Rebecca Brand, Wendy McCaw, Eric and Nina Phillips, Mara Abboud, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Diana Starr Langley, mayor Cathy Murillo and Arthur von Wiesenberger. Book Bash Tony twosome Jerry Jacobs and
Chef Eduardo Carranza, Irene Robles, Nina Johnson, Julio Carranza, Kate Schwab, Mayor Cathy Murillo, and Bob Stout (photo by Priscilla)
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Angela Perko celebrated the opening of Montecito’s latest lively literary lair, Lost Horizon, in the upper village with a bijou bash. Dozens turned out for the fun fête at the San Ysidro Road store, which shares space with Diane Stewart’s fine art emporium. Among the bibliophile bunch were Mahri Kerley, owner of Chaucer’s, Mary Heebner, Susan Bush, Nancy Gifford, and Karen Drown. 50 Shades of Goop Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop website often sets tongues wagging. And the Montecito resident is set to shock again as she is now selling kinky lingerie on her lifestyle website, with a $786 leather bra and knickers set promising to fulfill bondage, discipline, dominance, and submission fantasies. “This set is prepped for full speed ahead,” says the blurb.
Susan Bush, Jerry Jacobs, Nancy Gifford, and Mahri Kerley celebrate Lost Horizon
“I love to travel, but hate to arrive.” – Albert Einstein
11 – 18 April 2019