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State Street Scribe – The right street plan can speak volumes, can even express... love? Believe it. Jeff Wing explains.

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eer Guy – Zach Rosen pays a visit to Third Window Brewing B Co., home to Feast of SB and where the small kitchen Brasserie Solera is now open

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hat’s Hanging – Ted Mills sifts through the Thomas Fire W ashes, and previews art events from Ojai and Carpinteria, to Loveworn in the FunkZone

iweekly Capitalist – Head of the class: In an abbreviated B piece, Jeff Harding offers tips about the road to financial freedom via investing

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Wishing you the gift of good cheer this holiday season!

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Fortnight – Miranda Sings; SpiritSings; The Sorrow Cart; SOhO music; Bike DeLights; Kids Helping Kids; and Davey’s Voice festival

Food File – Christina Enoch returns to the Sentinel fold – and to Outpost restaurant in Goleta, where chef James Siao knows what’s cooking

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Man About Town – Mark Leisuré reviews singer Maria Muldaur’s concert; Pemberley pride; Rubicon in Ventura; and SB International Film Festival

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Business Beat – Jon Vreeland pays a visit to Helena Avenue, where Lenny and Susanne Germano operate Skyenna Wines

Merry Christmas and happy holidays From the Andersens To you and your friends

Creative Characters – Zach Rosen spotlights fourthgeneration distiller Ian Cutler of Cutler Artisan Spirits

E’s Note – Elliana Westmacott shows gratitude for Direct Relief and its care packages shared worldwide Mom About Town – Julie Bifano pulls up at chair, this time without son Daniel, at Captain Fatty’s Brewery in Goleta On Art – Czech mate: Margaret Landreau gets to know artistat-large Hana Anderson, a native Czechoslovakian with an eye for ceramics and jewelry

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I Heart SB – Lost cause: Elizabeth Rose and beau Jason navigate the Lost Coast while making waves in Northern California SYV Snapshot – Eva Van Prooyen surveys the scene of Buellton’s Industrial Way; a salute to champagne and the Sparkling Wine Guide

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by Jeff Wing

Jeff is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A long-time resident of SB, he takes great delight in chronicling the lesser known facets of this gaudy jewel by the sea. Jeff can be reached at jeffwingg@gmail.com.

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t this writing, a fire yet rages. Begun as a smoldering spark somewhere in the woods near St. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, the flame blossomed into an all-consuming monster, clawing and burning its way out of those formerly verdant forests and down into the outskirts of Ventura.

Good people in their thousands grabbed whatever they could and fled, their homes and mementoes vaporized by a massive and explosive whimsy, the fire having its way with us as an enormous, angry, adolescent Titan might torment an ant colony.

Change is good, it’s said (often with a note of distracted resignation), but one would not wish it ushered in by a firestorm. Now, one year ends and a new one begins. A corner, as they say, is turned.

It happens. Over and over. And over.

LAWRIE Lawrie Rutherford. There’s a name for a boy. Today a name like that would

earn you a beating by the merry-goround, or endless snickering in the office kitchenette. Per the custom of the time, though, the young guy’s given name is his mother’s maiden name. Born in Goleta to Scottish arrivistes and recently relocated a few miles down the coast to swinging Santa Barbara – along with his parents and five much-loved and anymore intolerable siblings – Lawrie is today making his brazen escape from Santa Barbara, the small provincial village planted in the confining little strip between the annoyingly modest Santa Ynez Mountains and a broad Pacific Ocean as looming and omnipresent as a jailer. Lawrie Rutherford is headed out, is ready to see Someplace Else, or Anyplace Else, whichever comes first.

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Now he alights on the gilded, steamshrouded, surprisingly filthy street of fabled New York City, and he knows

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or thousands of years, real estate investment has been a path to wealth and financial independence.

I teach a course on real estate investment at Santa Barbara City College. It is the only such college course in the tri-counties.

Why real estate? Unlike the Warren Buffets and Bill Gates of the world, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do well with real estate. Real estate investing is something everyone can do and become successful. All you need are the right tools, and that’s what the course is all about. I am not teaching students to become real estate tycoons but rather to be successful people who invest in real estate.

As I tell my students, this is a get-richslowly class.

The tools I teach work. And to prove it, I bring in successful real estate investors to talk about what they do and how they did it. I have found that all of them use the tools and methods I teach.

They all are inspiring in their own way by demonstrating their rise from modest means to financial success.

If you are interested in becoming financially independent, you should take my course.

I’ve been at this business for 40 years as a real estate lawyer, investor, financier, developer, and manager, so I have a pretty good idea of what it’s about. This

is not a course about real estate theory.

I have a lot of practical experience, and I teach students stuff that isn’t in the book.

It starts on January 16, 2018. It will be held once a week on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9:05. SBCC is on the semester system and the course ends on May 8.

It is a three-unit college credit course.

My classroom is located on the beautiful West Campus, where there is plenty of parking in the evenings.

My students tell me that it is a lot of fun, and, often, one of the best classes they’ve had in college.

I love teaching. To me, it is a privilege.

My students are a mixture of typical college undergraduates as well as a large contingent of members of our community, and they are all eager to learn the business of real estate investing to better their lives. If I can give them a bit of a head start, it is all worthwhile.

And, I get to teach at the nation’s number-one community college.

If you would like to join us, act soon.

You can apply online, www.sbcc.edu/ apply, or call 730-4450. Once you enroll, search for “FIN 204” or the CRN number 61449 for Real Estate Investment. If you search under “RE” within the real estate department, you will not find it because I am located in the Finance Department.

I hope to see you there.

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f you’ve visited Third Window Brewing Co. in the past, you’ve likely seen the small shack in the back area. Since opening, the tiny barnlike building has remained empty, while staff and regulars have jokingly referred to it as everything from the play fort to the doghouse. It was intended to be a kitchen however due to complexities in the permitting process its opening continued to get delayed.

But after a lot of effort, Third Window is now happy to announce that the small kitchen, Brasserie Solera, is now open.

Brasserie Solera is a small kitchen serving Third Window’s guests and will be captained by chef Mandy Barrett, who previously worked at such local hot spots as The Lark and C’est Cheese. The food there will be inspired pub grub with dishes including beer-battered jalapeño poppers that use four cheeses and have been stuffed with pickled serrano peppers (because the one way to make jalapeño poppers better is by adding more cheese and peppers). In addition to charcuterie boards and small plates such as beet deviled eggs, there will be more substantial dishes: meat pies, beer braised bratwurst, or fried chicken and yeasted waffles that use a saison yeast to give them a sourdough-like snap. This is Mandy’s first solo food venture, and the recently held beer dinner, The Feast of Saint Barbara, was the launching exhibition of Brasserie Solera and the fun foods to come.

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Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his background in chemical engineering and the arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and discover how beer pairs with life.

A FEAST FIT FOR SAINTS The Feast of Saint Barbara has been held on December 4 each year at Third Window to celebrate the feast day of Saint Barbara and the release of Bierbara, a collaboration beer between Third Window, Potek Winery, and The Bruery. Bierbara was originally inspired by burbara, a dish of boiled barley, pomegranate seeds, raisins, anise, and sugar that would be served on her respective feast day. Each iteration has taken on a different interpretation of the dish and is a collaborative beer that pulls from the skills of all three producers.

For the fourth release of Bierbara, there was more of a focus on the dark fruit character of burbara than previous years. The 2017 Bierbara comprises Third Window’s Belgian Quad aged in Potek port barrels, blended with wine

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WHAT’SHANGING? with Ted Mills Ted Mills is a local writer, filmmaker, artist, and podcaster on the arts. You can listen to him at www.funkzonepodcast.com. He currently has a seismically dubious stack of books by his bed. Have an upcoming show you’d like us to know about? Please email: tedmills@gmail.com

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ell, here we are. Things did not go according to plan, did they, with this brutal Thomas Fire still raging as I write this. First Thursday was a wash, if you remember, as one show after another cancelled until further notice. The ones that did stay open – Sullivan Goss, The Press Room, et al – were swamped with people who just wanted to get out and commiserate, to de-stress, and to knock back a few cold ones. Even if you were not directly in the evacuation zones, just the stress, the smoke, the toxic air, the upsidedownness of business not as usual, all added to the stir-crazy nature of the circumstances. Unless you were lucky enough to get out of town in search of fresh air.

Yet, we do want the show to go on.

Some of the best social media posts I’ve seen have been of creative folks making the best of the situation, whether that’s going out and capturing the moment

or sharing art on Instagram beyond the mask-selfie. We’ll hopefully be back on our feet soon, talking our art shows and socializing just a little less for granted, and just a little more thankful.

Having said that, any of these shows mentioned below could be cancelled between my writing and publishing, so check on Facebook and elsewhere just to be sure.

DECK THE HALLS

Ojai, for one, is trying to get back on its feet, and if you’re picking this up on Saturday, you’ll be glad to hear that the annual Deck the Halls will indeed go ahead at the Ojai Rancho Inn (615 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai). This is one of the most enjoyable arts ’n’ crafts fairs in the area, as they open up every Twin Peakslike room and turn each one into its own pop-up shop. It was huge last year, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just as big this year, with people seriously needing

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By the time you’ve finished Deck the Halls, you might just be looking back at Santa Barbara and considering, well, maybe I’ll stay one more day in Ojai. If you do, the Deer Lodge (2261 Maricopa Hwy) in nearby Meiners Oaks will be hosting its own arts ’n’ crafts show, on Sunday, December 17, 11 am and 5 pm, called the Winter Backwoods Bazaar.

All proceeds go to The Coalition for Family Harmony, and the event features live music and a gift-wrapping station.

As they noted in their Facebook invite page, so many vendors of both this and Deck the Halls are local artisans who need our help right now.

PARTY AT PIATT’S

Loveworn (11 Anacapa St.), Jill Johnson and Wallace Piatt’s clothing store in the FunkZone, will be having a winter party Friday, December 22, from 3 to 9 pm, where it will host a solo show

by Pedro de la Cruz and his Picassoinspired figure paintings. This show was originally scheduled for Friday, December 15, but as I said earlier, the show must go on (a week later.)

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Tell us all about your art opening, performance, dance party, book signing, sale of something we can’t live without, or event of any other kind by emailing fortnight@santabarbarasentinel.com. If our readers can go to it, look at it, eat it, or buy it, we want to know about it and will consider it for inclusion here.

Special consideration will be given to interesting, exploratory, unfamiliar, and unusual items. We give calendar preference to those who take the time to submit a picture along with their listing.

Miranda on a Monday

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olleen Ballinger created Miranda Sings back in 2008 as a parody of the young, selfabsorbed singers that are (still) all over social media – the ones with misplaced confidence and an over reliance on vibrato. Ballinger made Miranda about as far from her own personality as possible, an over-thetop entry known for her overdrawn red lips, questionable advice about singing and life, a deluded selfconfidence, and endless about her family and personal problems. To her shock, Jerry Seinfeld asked her to appear on his series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and that led to the YouTube channel’s massive success, as “Miranda Sings” has garnered more 20 million followers across social media. Ballinger, who is the coauthor of the New York Times No. 1 bestselling book Selp Helf and has served as a guest co-host on The View, is coming to the Lobero on Monday, December 18, when we’ll get to all of her offerings. Tickets are $42.25, or $82.75 for priority seating and preshow meet & greet reception). Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.

SpiritSings Says Sayonara to Santa Barbara

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number of local holiday shows have either been postponed or canceled due to the Thomas Fire, but – at least as of this writing – Noell Grace is still planning on leading her sixth annual SpiritSings SolsticeChristmas Singalong, an evening of audience-participatory Christmas carols, mystical solstice chants, and original spirit songs celebrating peace on Earth and the darkest days returning to light. Ejé Lynn-Jacobs co-leads on vocals and percussions, and the great Santa Barbara bassist Randy Tico is also sitting in for the first time at Christmastime. What’s more, Grace’s all-female original harmony trio Vocabella will offer a few songs after the midway cookie and mingle break. It’s the first time the event is taking place at Yoga Soup, but also the last, at least for the foreseeable future, as Grace is scheduled to move to Arkansas after the first of the year. Admission is $10. Call 8658811 or visit www.yogasoup.com.

Christmas Cart Full of Hope

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-LITE radio personality Catherine Remak joins a cast of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara actors for Dijo Productions’s West Coast premiere of The Sorrow Cart, a musical play about and for the homeless. Also appearing for the show at the Center Stage Theatre on Tuesday, December 22, are Ed Giron, host of the radio show Community Matters on KZSB and an actor-director who was most recently featured in A Walk In the Woods, Los Angeles casting director-actor-film director Chris Game, L.A. actress Lisa England, George Coe, Leslie Story, Erika Leachman, Richard Lonsbury, Oliver Hamilton, Phil Moreno, Rachel Christian, Van Riker, and Alison Waxman. All proceeds from the show will benefit The Soldiers Project to assist in aiding our homeless vets.

Tickets $20 general, $15 students, $10 military. Info at : 963-0408 or www. centerstagetheater.org.

The Night Before

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ure, SOhO is ringing in the New Year with a big-time party band on Sunday, December 31, with Montecito’s own DoubleWide Kings headlining this year’s bash. But the main event comes the night before, one New Year’s Eve eve, when the club hosts a dance party with local faves The Midnight Band, featuring the astonishing vocalist Lois Mahalia with special guest Kenny Loggins. In what has become an annual tradition, the singers throw down a night of nonstop dance music, drawing from classic rock and pop hits of the last half a century, including a whole bunch of Loggins’s own classic rockers such as “Footloose” and more. We don’t want to make any promises, but we’ve seen folks dancing on the tables in previous years, leaving them so spent they pretty much stayed home and watched the ball drop in Times Square on TV the following night. Be forewarned. Show time is 8:30 pm, and tickets will set you back $50. Info at 962-7776 or www. sohosb.com

Left Turns on NYE

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ere’s three ways to spend the last night of the year that are a bit off the beaten path, literally or otherwise.

New Year’s Eve Bike DeLights, from

most of the same folks who participate in the monthly Bike Moves that glides down State Street toward the tail end of 1st Thursday, is having a leisurely post-sunset/night fun-ride under the moon. Bring your bike – chromatically decorated or as yet unadorned – to the Chromatic Gate (otherwise known as the Rainbow Arch, on Cabrillo Street across from the Fess Parker Resort.

Light installation party starts at 4 pm, followed by the ride shortly after sunset.

Many of the bikers plan to re-congregate at Dargan’s Irish Pub downtown at 9 pm, which not only boasts music till 2018 with King Bee, but also only charges $10 at the door.

Out in Goleta, you can turn back the clock almost a century at the Goodland and Outpost restaurant for a New Year’s Eve 1920s Countdown Party. Wear your best flapper dress or pinstripe suit and come party like they did back in the Roaring ‘20s. General admission tickets are also only $10, which gets you access to Goodbar and a champagne toast at midnight.

Or you can fork over another $10 for VIP tickets, which include access to an exclusive speakeasy with a specialty welcome cocktail, passed appetizers, a live jazz band and DJ, and the champagne toast at midnight. Details/ tickets at www.nightout.com/events/ new-years-eve-countdown-party.

If you’d rather get above it all, the Canary Hotel’s Glitz, Glam & Get Down rooftop celebration includes a welcome cocktail, midnight toast, and sweet bites from the Finch & Fork restaurant on the first floor (where you can also have a pre-party dinner). DJ Darla Bea will be spinning and setting the tone for the transition from 2017-18 that comes complete with for spectacular views in nearly all directions. Tickets are $110.

Details at www.nighout.com or 8799100 / www.finchandforkrestaurant. com

Kids Helping Kids x 2

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ids Helping Kids (KHK), the innovative entrepreneurial program at San Marcos High School, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with two times the fun, bringing back two of their most popular headliners from years past. The program – an entirely student-run, official 501(c)

(3) nonprofit organization led by the students in the Advanced Placement Economics classes – began its big gala concerts in 2009 at the theater soon after it reopened following the extensive renovations with San Marcos alumni Toad the Wet Sprocket as headliners.

Along the way, the concerts, which are also entirely student-produced, have featured such acts as Five for Fighting, Sara Bareilles, and Switchfoot, raising more than $2.5 million in total over that span.

Kicking off the first KHK show on Friday, January 12, is Andy Grammer, who performed back in 2013, when he played the platinum-selling hits “Keep Your Head Up” and “Fine By Me” from his debut album. The follow-up Magazines or Novels, featured the tripleplatinum smash “Honey, I’m Good”, one of the best-selling songs of 2015, plus “Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah)”, while his new single “Give Love” is the follow up to the certified platinum streaming phenomenon “Fresh Eyes”. The Christian rock band Needtobreathe, who were just here two years ago, headline on Saturday, January 13, Expect to hear the recent hits “Hard Love” and “Happiness”.

Winners of the SMHS school talent show – also produced by the KHK students – serves as openers for the benefit concert, which also features a large silent auction including items located all around the lobby and Founder’s Room. VIP Experience tickets, which cost an additional $75, include wine, hors d’oeuvres, champagne, and a special, early inperson preview of the silent-auction pieces. Tickets range from $39 to $804 for front row seats. Call 899-2222 or visit www.granadasb.org.

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he Davey’s Voice Film Festival is the latest initiative from the nonprofit formed following the death of a fivemonth old miniature pincher puppy that was a victim of the worst case of animal torture in Santa Barbara history back in 2014. The evening for the animals features family-friendly, animal-related films celebrating the bond between human and their pets and other creatures. The fest is intended to have its audience be moved by viewing the curated slate of short films selected from submissions, and to reflect on the ways in which animals are impacted daily in their own lives. The event – which takes place 5 to 8 pm on January 13, at the New Vic Theatre – raises both funds and awareness for local animal welfare programs and initiatives. Visit www.daveysvoice.org/daveys-voicefilm-festival.html.

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by Christina Enoch

BOHEMIAN CHILL: FREEDOM, LOVE, AND ALL THINGS TASTY

Pork belly bao buns. pickled cucumber, jalapeno kewpie, sesame seed, in homemade bao buns

As the chef puts his magic touch on a new menu, he continues on the variety of shareable plates, fun and playful, culturally inspired California coastal cuisine – because we Californians are worldly and love exotic twists.

As always, the food I had was fresh, simple, and familiar yet delivered pleasant surprises (I’m all about carrot jams now!).

Outpost: vintage, retro, funky, and bohemian

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emember that (rad) article I wrote about Outpost restaurant in Goleta a few years back? I’m back for more. After the buzz and excitement of the bohemian-inspired restaurant, Outpost is still rocking Goleta.

One of my favorite local chefs, James Siao, recently revamped the menu, giving it a little tender loving. We know him from Finch & Fork, and we all know he makes darn-good food.

“It’s all about having a good time, feeling comfortable and relaxing here,” says Chef James, who doesn’t seem to mind taking on double duty, splitting his time between Finch & Fork and Outpost.

After years of working full time for an ad agency, Christina found her passion in cooking and food.

Now armed with her newfound title, “Culinary School Graduate Food Blogger,” she writes and shares her passion for food, cooking, restaurants, photography and food styling in her popular blog, black dog :: food blog. Christina’s a proud mommy of not one but two shelter dogs and lives here in Santa Barbara with her husband. She’s also an avid Polynesian dancer, beach lover, traveler, swimmer, snowboarder and most of all, a lover of anything edible and yummy. Check out her ramblings here and at www.blackdogfoodblog.com.

Grab your friends, share some plates.

As I was sopping up the dish with brioche, it hit me: Life is short, so let’s have one more Good Mule over here, please.

Make sure you taste many cocktails.

They are highly tasty. Oh, and Sunday night ramen is back. Fireplace, cozy sweatshirts, and bowl of ramen, sounds like a damn fine time to me.

Brussels sprouts: yellow curry, roasted garlic aioli, chili flakes

That’s a wrap: roasted sea bass lettuce wrap, crispy shallots, local greens, herbs with Vietnamese dipping sauce

Fried cauliflowers, caper aioli, charred lemon, togarashi, crunchy garlic

Steak tartare: black sesame, gochujang aioli, egg yolk, Asian pear

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with Mark Léisuré

Mark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way.

A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.” So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

Oasis from the Fire

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aria Muldaur must have taken at least a moment’s pause before deciding to confirm her show at the Alhecama Theatre on the first weekend of the Thomas Fire, especially considering that the name of the new series of concerts from the Acoustic Instrument Celebration is Wooden Hall.

Indeed, there are many flammable materials inside the space, including acoustic-enhancing curtains and a beautiful new hardwood floor that was part of the upgrade after the Ensemble Theatre departed for its new digs at the renovated New Vic. (And despite the strong presence of smoke if not ash, your anxiety-riddled correspondent was the only one wearing an N-95 mask during the performance itself ).

Gone are the stained carpet and rickety old seats in favor of folding chairs, but the intimate nature of the space remains, making it a perfect venue for the Wooden Hall series planned lineup of acoustic guitar mastery.

Of course, Muldaur is a singer, a 50-plus-year veteran who scored a monster one-off hit with the slinky little tropical number “Midnight at the Oasis” way back in the early 1970s. Both before and since, however, Muldaur has been devoted to explorations of roots music, from jugband to bluegrass, country, and jazz. Lately, she’s been focusing on the blues, delving into the catalog and approach of masters of the 1950s and ‘60s.

We got the Christmas edition of that exercise, a relatively new excursion for Muldaur called Holiday Swing, which pairs the singer with the Grammywinning guitarist John Jorgenson.

The Santa Barbara show represented their first full show together, and their sympatico was immediately apparent, as both shared slightly skewed senses of humor and a passion for ranging from understatement to excess.

Jorgenson pulled out all the stops during his extended solo on Charles Brown’s “Please Come Home for Christmas”, where the ax-man careened between playing soft, tasty lines to shredding so furiously he knocked out the power cord out and then, after plugging it back in, turned the volume all the way down played with no amp at all. Muldaur found her full-throated niche – the smoke was wreaking havoc with her already

raspy vocals – on the chestnut “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You” and the non-holiday classic “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You”, then had a good laugh with the band and the crowd on a “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” parody about picky eaters who poked fun at the dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan set, and “‘Zat You, Santa Claus?”, once covered by our own Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

The set ended with Muldaur’s own alternate lyrics for “Oasis” that substitutes Christmas for Midnight, a song that let her bring out all of her skills, from soulful to steamy to silly.

Then it was back out to the smoke and ash in the Santa Barbara sky.

POLISHED PRIDE AT PEMBERLEY Make your best effort to catch Ensemble Theatre Company’s (ETC) Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberely, the imagined Pride and Prejudice sequel/holiday show

by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon that runs only through Sunday, December 17, at the New Vic. The play very much continues the story of the struggle between marriage as a romantic pursuit and one of financial/familial considerations, and it succeeds on every level, beginning with the sharp ensemble acting by a cast portraying all the favorite characters from Pride plus a couple of fun new ones, including a potential match for the bookish forgotten sister Mary.

Kudos also to the smart and elegant sets, crisp direction by Andrew Barnicle, who notches his fourth straight hit as an ETC guest, and, most of all, a fun and clever script that one imagines even Jane Austen herself would have loved.

RUBICON IN ARREARS BUT STILL ROARIN’ Rubicon Theatre Company (RTC) in Ventura might have suffered the most costly losses during the initial days of the Thomas Fire. The theater was forced to cancel the opening weekend of its holiday production of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol because of mandatory evacuations of staff, cast, and crew, electrical blackouts, smoke damage, air quality issues, and curfews. The result was a hit to the tune of approximately $50,000 in lost ticket sales for the critically acclaimed adaptation by company co-founder/artistic director

Karyl Lynn Burns that has turned into an annual staple at RTC. Mindful that so many have suffered with the fire, RTC doesn’t want to reach out directly to the local community, so there’s been a private appeal for financial help from arts lovers from outside the area (though they’ll accept donations from us too). In less than a week, the theater has already been deep-cleaned using industrial strength air purifiers while the carpets and seats have been vacuumed and shampooed to eliminate any smoke smells.

And, now that the 27-cast-member show has finally opened, they’re providing free tickets to first responders and the families of those who have been affected or displaced by the fires for both A Christmas Carol and the Rubicon Harmonix Concert on December 17, and the Tiny Tots Concert and Santa Party now slated for 11 am on Saturday, December 23. Carol continues on the regular performance schedule through December 23. Call 667-2900 or visit www.rubicontheatre.org for tickets, visit www.gofundme.com/rubicon-theatresfire-relief-fund to donate.

VITAL VIRTUOSOS Once again, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) Virtuosos Awards is gathering together a whole bunch of likely end-of-year awards nominees, an en masse honoring of largely up-and-coming actors, even though at least one of them appeared in one of 2017’s blockbusters. Tributees for the event on February 3 include Gal Gadot, the conquering heroine of the smash summer hit Wonder Woman, and Mary J. Blige, the veteran rap singersongwriter (Her debut album, What’s the 411?, was released 25 years ago) turned actress whose turn in the World War II-era historical drama Mudbound has already received Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild supporting actress noms. Hong Chau (Downsizing), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), and Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) also scored nods from both the Globes and SAG, while the latter is part of the SAG-nominated ensemble in Lady Bird to boot.

Also appearing at the awards at the Arlington Theatre are, John Boyega (Detroit) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick). While some of the films have yet to open locally as of this writing, Mudbound was released on Neflix in November, Call Me by Your Name is set to play for three weeks, December 22 to January 11, at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre, and the others are almost sure to hit town by the time this issue leaves newsstands.

Also announced recently is the opening night film, the world premiere

of Emilio Estevez’s The Public, slated for January 31 at the Arlington.

Estevez wrote, directed, and stars in the film about a group of homeless library patrons who, after learning that emergency shelters are at capacity during brutally cold weather, refuse to leave at closing time. The nonviolent Occupy-style sit-in escalates into a standoff with riot police, and intrigue between a no-nonsense crisis negotiator and a savvy D.A. with lofty political ambitions. Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Taylor Schilling, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Gabrielle Union, Jacob Vargas, Michael K. Williams, and Jeffrey Wright round out the cast. For details, visit www.sbiff.org.

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BUSINESSBEAT by Jon Vreeland Jon Vreeland is a writer of prose, poetry, plays, and journalism. His memoir, The Taste of Cigarettes, will publish May 22, 2018, with Vine

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MELLOW TIME WITH SKYENNA WINES

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anta Barbara local residents and visitors who are familiar with the American Riviera – down where the dozens of sea lions bark like wet dogs amid sailboats that are anchored near the 145-year-old pier called Stearns Wharf – may have noticed a black sign with white lettering, just on the north side of Cabrillo Boulevard, one that hangs from the corner of a beige Spanish Colonial building, in the heart of the diminutive Helena Avenue.

The sign reads the name of a family owned business, Skyenna Wines, a lounge and place of wine tasting owned by married couple Lenny and Susanne Germano. Under the sign and up the small flight of stairs, the floors are made of dark-brown wood; the walls are lined with a variety of drawings and paintings from various artists, local and not; pieces of music legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, and John Lennon; artists

including Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol, who gaze earnestly about the room equipped with a wrap-around bar and two couches, as well as three round tables that are jet-black and tall, each surrounded with three to four matching chairs.

“We wanted a mellow vibe with good wine, and after a lot of hard work and perseverance, it just kind of came together,” says Lenny, who, along with his wife, decided the name of their business would be the combination of their two daughters names, Skyla, who is 5 years old, and younger sister Sienna, who is 3.

“I did this to build a legacy for my girls, because, ultimately, that’s what it’s all about,” added Lenny, who surfs in the morning before work. The longtime surfer also finds time to be the sole winemaker for the (almost) 4-yearold business that specializes in “Rhone varietals,” grapes from a well-known

Lenny and Susanne Germano, along with daughters Skyla (left) and Sienna, relax on one of the lounge’s two couches, this one below a picture of Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones

region for wine making in the southern parts of France.

Along with Susanne, who is originally from Sweden, he opened the lounge not even four years ago, back in 2014, well after the two had originally met on the southeast end of the United States, in Florida. But prior to their move to Santa Barbara in 2008, the couple took a fourmonth trip to Southern European – an expedition that would ultimately change the path of both their lives.

The two ventured off to places that are widely known as legendary regions for the cultivation of wine. Places such as Bordeaux, France, where company’s such as Vine Pair states: “the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world.” Their adventure encompassed Tuscany, Italy, where the olive groves and vineyards of Chianti spread throughout the green rolling hills and houses made of stone, and Michelangelo’s statue of David, are symbols of the affluent and sophisticated history of popular European wine and art.

In these years of Skyenna, Lenny has created six wines that are entirely handcrafted from local Santa Barbara Vineyards. Sandoval Ranch and Vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley is where the 2015 and 100-percent Alban-cloned Grenache - a custom wine that is currently sold-out – is made. Another post-vintage Grenache wine is from 2016 and is “100-percent, 513-cloned, and grown at Brick Barn Vineyard in Buellton, along with their 2016 Grenache and Syrah blend

called Anastasia, a wine “aged one year in French neutral barrels,” a slight difference from the Grenaches that are “aged one year in French neutral oak barrels,” according to Skyenna Wine’s website.

“I try to be as pure as I possibly can; simplicity is my motto. I don’t want to manipulate my wines in any way,” says Lenny, who uses local and “organic, if not bio-dynamic, vineyards.” The vineyards are places he learned of with the help of his wine mentors, whom he worked with on some of Lenny’s first harvests.

Before the birth of Skyenna, Lenny also worked in tasting rooms, while going to school for viticulture and enology. But Lenny claims in all seriousness that he has never been the one and only hard worker in the small family company. “Between social media and the girls, my wife works just as hard as I do, if not harder,” he says.

“Susanne takes care of what I call the behind-the-scenes work, and has been a huge support.”

In the beginning and the end, the former New Jerseyan and lover of good waves and organic wine claims, “It’s about my family and being able to paddle out.” The owner of Skyenna Wines, husband of Susanne, and father of two little girls, adds, “Most importantly, we are all having fun.”

Skyenna Wine Lounge is located at 12 Helena Avenue and is open from 11 am to 8 pm on Monday through Thursday, plus Sundays. And 11 am to 9 pm on Friday and Saturday.

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IN BUSINESS

INTRODUCING SUNFLOWER, THE WORLD’S FIRST ROBOTIC PARASOL

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hadeCraft, a Los Angeles-based robotics company, has recently unveiled its hallmark invention.

SUNFLOWER is a “smart” autonomous outdoor parasol that links up to your smart devices via Bluetooth, WiFi, and 4G cellular connectivity.

The robotic shade system even charges itself via solar power, meaning that it is completely sustainable and doesn’t necessitate any pesky cables.

So, how does it work exactly?

SUNFLOWER uses solar sensors, digital information, and artificial intelligence to detect the sun’s position in the sky and adjust itself accordingly.

This means that the user can bask in the ambiance of a sunny day without risking sun damage to his or her skin.

ShadeCraft’s robotic parasol elegantly adjusts itself over time to keep the users in the shade all day without them having to move a muscle!

It doesn’t stop there, however.

SUNFLOWER can also charge any USB device and can connect to your devices and play music over its built-in speaker system, making it the all-in-one solution to a sunny afternoon. It even comes with an integrated home security system, fully equipped with HD security cameras. To add to that, it also provides a lighting system that offers ambient light come nightfall, elegantly illuminating your surroundings.

SUNFLOWER’s opulent and futuristic design makes it a bold statement for any property, propelling your garden or poolside deep into the 21st century. The parasol’s interconnectivity and charging system

also allow you to remain connected and powered up outdoors without having to find a power outlet inside. The product’s solar-energy technology also means you’ll be charging your devices without burning any fossil fuels in the process.

The parasol unit can fully charge itself in approximately two hours (even on cloudy days) and can provide more than 72 hours of battery life while continuing to charge itself.

SUNFLOWER was recently awarded the Gold Prize at the 2017 IDA (International Design Awards) and was a nominee at the Twice VIP Awards in the Outdoor Automated Devices category. ShadeCraft’s CEO

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and founder, Armen Gharabegian, has been an A.I. innovator since 2012. As Gharabegian explains: “We believe that nature has a very evolutionary process to adapt to the environment and evolve accordingly. Although biorobotics is a broadly used term, we learn from nature as it enhances the environment outdoors for mankind.”

His team’s product was very much designed with this natural evolution in mind. It is devised to track the circadian rhythm of the sun, tracking its movement from east to west and moving its shades accordingly. This natural process is where the idea of the “sunflower” name came from, as Gharabegian says: “It was a natural and logical decision to protect the most sensitive aspects of our robot within the shaded area and away from the sun.

This is the way a natural sunflower has evolved, protecting its genetics from the sun and keeping it in the shade, allowing it to grow.”

The company’s patent-pending technologies are continuing to change the way we live, both indoors and outdoors. ShadeCraft’s innovative and disruptive mindset is making them a competitive player in the robotics field and is likely to continue doing so. ◆

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CREATIVE CHARACTERS IAN CUTLER

by Zach Rosen

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t is difficult to make an art out of science, but with distillation it can be done. Producing liquors, liqueurs, and other distilled spirits requires not just a deep understanding of science but also an artistic edge. Distillation essentially separates a liquid mixture of different compounds by each compound’s volatility. This separation process demands an engineer’s attentiveness, as there are an overwhelming amount of variables to monitor and adjust in a distillation system.

But distilling spirits also requires an artist’s eye, because the distiller must have a clear vision of what overall impression he or she wants the final product to have. Distillers have their own personality and artistry that they instill in the liquid that is only gained by years of experience and a touch of intuition.

Fortunately for Ian Cutler of Cutler Artisan Spirits, a fourth-generation distiller, he has this knowledge ingrained in his DNA. A quick primer on spirits and distilled beverages: First, the source material of fermentable sugar determines the final

product. These generally fall into two families, grain (think whisky) or fruit (think brandy). Many liquor styles such as vodka or whiskey are the distillate of only fermented sugar sources, though some spirits (think gin and bitters) will have a range of herbs, spices, fruits, and other additions added directly into the still, or sometimes steeped into the

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liquid after distillation. Liquor is the distilled product while liqueurs have additional sugar added in, resulting in a sweeter product (think blue curacao).

There’s an endless range of spirits and specialty liqueurs spanning the globe and each one has its own intricacies, distinctions, and regulations that go beyond this article and can (and have) fill volumes.

The Cutler legacy began in 1915 when Ian’s great grandfather, Duke Cutler, opened a bar in northern California, eventually settling in Oakdale, California, where Ian would later be born and raised. His plans were disrupted by WWI, where he voluntarily served in the 28th Infantry Division.

Upon returning, he once again tried to open a bar but his plans were foiled once more, this time by Prohibition.

It is theorized that in response to the 18th Amendment, Duke kept his dream alive by operating a speakeasy, Dukes Bar, in town. He also partnered with local farmers and began to run a moonshine operation in the area, serving not just civilians but also sheriffs, judges, and even the governor.

When Prohibition was overturned in 1933, Duke officially opened up Dukes Bar and soon expanded to another establishment, Cutler’s Family Liquor Store, a few years later.

After years of success, Duke opened up an additional establishment, The Bottle Shop, with his son (Ian’s grandfather), Bob, joining the growing business in 1945 after serving as a B-17 bomber in WWII. The wings in Cutler’s logo pays homage to Bob’s service as a pilot. The father and son team soon started their own line of whiskies, gin, and vodka, and the Cutler’s brand was born.

They experienced decades of success with Ian’s dad, Chuck, joining the family business in the 1970s. In 1985, changes in California’s Fair Trade Laws, along with pressure from a recession and the rise of mega retailers, forced them to close the family business, snuffing out the hopes of the young Ian, who dreamed of carrying on the family legacy.

Ian came to Santa Barbara in 1999 to attend UCSB, eventually receiving a Masters in geochemistry. He worked around the area in various startups, but in the back of his mind he still held onto the dream of continuing on the family trade and found himself visiting distilleries around the world. His dreams took a turn toward reality when he met Sherry Villanueva, who at the time was developing The Lark complex. The available space was smaller than he had expected, but after some adjustments to his original business model Cutler’s Artisan Spirits (CAS) was opened in

2013. Since then, the CAS line of whiskies, gin, and vodka have won a range of awards and are known for their sophisticated yet clean and balanced flavor profiles.

Over time, Ian has established himself not just as a masterful distiller but someone who is nice, humble, and one of the hardest-working individuals around.

Visit the tasting room and you’ll often see him through the window, toiling away in the production area. All of the spirits are produced in the small shop nestled next to the Figueroa Mountain tasting room on Yanonali Street.

In the work area, he has a pilot still that allows him to experiment with smaller batches and a larger production still for full-sized runs with all barrel aging taking place offsite in a warehouse.

The workshop is strewn with unlabeled bottles marked with handwritten notes, looking like the lab of a modern-day alchemist.

Ian’s skill as a distiller can be both seen and tasted in his newest release, Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur. Ian wanted to design a coffee liqueur that had more finesse and wasn’t as overtly sweet as Kahlua and the other examples on the market. He partnered with Santa Barbara Roasting Company and began doing dozens of trial runs exploring various coffee varietals. After much experimentation, he settled on one of their Columbian roasts. Ian believed that many cold brews get too thinbodied, so he and his team developed a proprietary method of adding cold brew that imparts a rich coffee flavor while keeping the mouthfeel of a liqueur.

As with all of his products, Ian wanted the coffee liqueur to have a more sophisticated flavor than just coffee and sugar, and thus he began exploring other flavorings. He settled on the addition of chicory, vanilla beans, and cacao from local Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolates. The result is a coffee liqueur with a delicate coffee flavor on the front that is complemented by the earthiness of the chicory and the decadence of cacao while being softened by the vanilla. The sweetness is in perfect harmony with the flavors and lacks the overbearing nature of lesser liqueurs.

Bottles of Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur won’t officially be on shelves until the new year, but they will be sold from the distillery tasting room for those looking for that perfect holiday gift or the right addition to their festive drinks. Ian will also soon be offering mini bottles of his range of spirits that will make great stocking stuffers (for all of the wellbehaved adults). This holiday season, share the Cutler family’s efforts of more than 100 years with your own family.

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Elliana Westmacott was born and raised in Santa Barbara. She is 10. She loves to play the piano and soccer. Skiing, swimming in the ocean, reading, and visiting her Nana’s house are some of her favorite things to do. Her family and her dog George make her happy. So does writing.

A HELPING HAND

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he holidays remind us that it is a good time to give and to love.

What better way to do this than by helping families in need? I recently found out about an organization called Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends off kits to places that are going through disastrous problems – for example, the hurricanes that recently hit: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Maria. They also provide support for the people in our area who lost their homes due to the Thomas fire. The recent fires have been devastating to Santa Barbara

Join us in

and Direct Relief provided support all along the way.

There are still people suffering from these natural disasters and we can’t forget about them. Direct Relief sends medical kits, personal hygiene packs, and more basics needed to survive in dangerous situations. They also send medicine to people all over the world who need it.

The thing I love most about Direct Relief is that they let people volunteer to help pack these kits that are sent all over the globe. I have gone with my school to

celebrating the gift of love.

Here I am with a bunch of my Crane classmates at the Direct Relief warehouse. We packed all of those orange boxes!

pack dental products into hundreds of boxes. My mother is part of the Direct Relief program at my school, and we plan on making more trips to the Direct Relief warehouse.

There are a lot of schools that now have Youth for Direct Relief (Y4DR) programs, and that means plenty of boxes to go around. If you don’t have a Y4DR club at your school, you should

look on their website to find out how to start one. Y4DR clubs hold fundraisers to help support funds for Nurse Nancy, a paid nurse that Direct Relief has stationed in Haiti.

I hope you can fit some time in to help volunteer at Direct Relief.

Love from, E

Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship December 24th at 7:00 PM

Christmas Morning Celebration December 25th at 10:00 AM

We look forward to seeing you in worship in 2018.

Join us Sundays at 9:30 am 3721 Modoc Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 EmanuelLutheranSB.org info@emanuelLutheranSB.org 805.687.3734

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Pasta provides a savory course to the meal

must and a spice blend from The Bruery.

The 2017 Bierbara has the fig and raisin notes accented by alcohol tones of their Belgian Quad but features a rich port flavor and wintery theme from the foraged tangerine zest and vanilla beans used in the brew.

In previous years, the feast was unable to be held in the brewery because of permitting reasons – but this is no longer the case, since Brasserie Solera is open and it was the first year they were able to hold the dinner within the brewery walls. Attendees were welcomed with a taste of Potek’s 2014 Santa Rita Hills Blanc des Blancs and entered to the brewery rearranged into long tables so that everyone could eat communally.

The festive tables were set with candles, heritage cutlery, and plenty of glassware.

As guests arranged themselves around

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the table, the glasses were filled with Bruery Terreux: Train to Beersel, which is inspired by the historic Oude Geuze Vieille produced by Belgium’s Brouwerij Oud Beersel (a personal favorite and masterpiece of the Geuze-style of lambics). Oud Beersel’s geuze has a notable brininess to the subtle funk and Train to Beersel hit all of its notes but with a fresh, American-style edge. The beer had a delicate aroma of pineapple and passionfruit, which resulted from 16 months spent in French Oak Cabernet Sauvignon barrels and American Oak Sauvignon Blanc barrels.

The Train to Beersel was paired with a board of “fanciful fruits” featuring kiwi, tangerines, and persimmon served alongside a housemade ricotta and fresh-baked bread. The appetizers were a light and bright welcome to the guests

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and showcased the intricate flavors and textures that Mandy brings to the table.

Persimmons had been simmered in a tea syrup, and tangerine segments were carbonated to give them an extra sparkle.

The range of fruits complemented the tropical notes in the beer, while the bread and ricotta helped soothe the bite of this geuze.

With everyone seated and the food starting to flow, the second course focused on Third Window’s own Shake Weight. This Vermont(ish) (a.k.a. hazy) pale ale has a thick hop character, with aromas of orange and mango and a touch of greenery that was pulled out by the Chodori kale salad served during this course. The hop flavors were heightened by blue cheese peppered around the plate and a pistachio butter that brought a nuttiness that complemented the other earthen flavors.

The salad was followed by an appetizer course of potato-fried oysters paired with a collaboration beer between Bruery Terreux (The Bruery’s separate wild ale brand) and New Zealand’s epic Garage Project, called Ngongo. This oak foederaged (imagine foeders as gigantic, roofhigh barrels) saison was brewed with chamomile, lemon balm, and wildflower honey from New Zealand. The beer was introduced by Patrick Rue, owner/ founder of The Bruery and a master cicerone (1 of only 13 in the world), who provided an anecdote about how the honey got stuck in customs (and the outrageous fee they had to pay to get it out of customs).

The bright beer had a softness from the chamomile that matched the oysters’ silky texture. The crispy crust added a starchiness that was cut by the saison and provided a contrasting mouthfeel to the fluffy oysters. Each oyster bite was topped with ‘Nduja, a spreadable salami that brought a salty snap to the finish.

The next dish consisted of housemade pasta in a beurre blanc served on a swirling bed of mashed squash. Ground pepitas, robust salt flakes, and crispy sage on top added a crunch to the bite that contributed a contrasting element to the soft texture of the squash. The dish was served alongside Third Window’s Fall Saison that brought a cleansing snap of malts and hop bitterness with a touch

of cloves, which blended well with the herbal flavors of the dish.

The main course featured a robust lamb shank on top of a plate of Israeli couscous dressed with carrots and pickled onions. It was paired with The Bruery’s Yount, a beer beyond rare.

This brew had been only available through their Hoarders Members society and featured their legendary imperial stout, Black Tuesday, blended with Napa Cabernet Sauvignon must and aged in 100-percent New French Oak puncheons. The beer had almost no carbonation and so was packaged in wine bottles with a wine cork. The brew had an elegant flavor of cherry juice and brownies that melded with the tender lamb. The lamb shanks had been smoked in Bierbara barrels before being braised in Bierbara as well, to give it a roastiness that pulled out the dark malt character in the beer. The pickled onions helped sharpen the Yount’s dark fruit character, and a touch of yogurt on the plate helped cool the other flavors.

As with previous Bierbara feasts, several of the courses had Potek wines served alongside the dishes including the lush and juicy Potek 201 Rancho La Vina Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, with the pasta and the Potek 2014 Kimsey Vineyard Syrah, Ballard Canyon, paired with the lamb. For the final course, Potek’s Non-Vintage Port was served next to the star of the show, Bierbara, and fancy s’mores. Dense brownies were adorned with graham cracker crumbs and dollops of chocolate mousse and caramelized housemade marshmallows.

Pomegranates sprinkled around the plate gave the dish a touch of acidity that sharpened the port flavors in the beer.

It was the first night of the Thomas Fire and as the power flickered on and off, we finished our meals in candlelight.

The conversation, now fueled by several rounds of food and beer, clamored on with excitement that had to do just as much with the darkness in the streets as the darkness in the sweets.

Bierbara is available both on draft at the brewery and in bottles. Swing by for a taste of this year’s version, and while you’re there make sure to grab a plate of the fun and expressive food coming from Brasserie Solera.

Join us for some warm Irish hospitality, authentic food and excellent pints.

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MOM ABOUT TOWN

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by Julie Boe The former Girl About Town is wearing a new hat for The

Sentinel as Mom About Town. When Ms Boe isn’t writing for numerous magazines, she’s zipping around town from one activity to another with her active 15-month-old son, Daniel. Julie and Daniel explore local activities, events, and spaces that are family-friendly and mom-approved.

CAPTAIN FATTY’S BREWERY

Owner of Captain Fatty’s Brewery, Preston Angell, poses next to the canning station

and local food vendors. So, whether it’s a date night or a family affair, there is clearly a beer for everybody at Captain

Matt Minkus pours the Vortex IPA

Fatty’s Brewery. For more information on events and beer happenings, check out the website: www.captainfattys. com.

Subterranean termites and drywood termites are two different species and must undergo different pest-control treatments. Pest control technicians have the expertise to distinguish between termite species and to know how best to deal with different kinds of termite infestations.

Colin Honeybourne and Matt Minkus stand on the brew deck

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oleta is the hip new hangout for beer lovers and their families. The Goleta breweries I’ve had the chance to explore offer oversized open spaces with plenty of room for the kids to play.

One of these hot spots is Captain Fatty’s Brewery. Every table inside the taproom has the card game Uno on it.

This encourages conversation and builds community. There are also additional board games such as Monopoly and Risk.

Captain Fatty’s will be opening a new taproom right across the parking lot from its existing location. The new taproom will also be family-friendly, including the same fun games with the addition of ring toss. Matt Minkus, part owner and director of sales and marketing described, “We have a welcoming space for kids as well as dogs. We also like to help out the local community with fundraisers for schools.”

In addition to being a fun family spot, Captain Fatty’s also happens to have a variety of tasty beers. A standout must-taste is Kalliope, a Berlinerweissestyle beer. This past fall, Kalliope won the gold medal in Colorado’s Great American Beer Festival, which has more than 8,000 entries from across the United States. The beer offers tart fruit characteristics, a touch of funk, plus an overall crisp and refreshing flavor.

Their core beers include two distinct IPAs, The Vortex and Blue IPA, the Beach Beer, which is a German pilsner, the Calypso Cucumber Sour, and the Stonehouse Ale – a personal favorite saison that is brewed with apricots. Every month, the brew team consisting of Preston Angell, Colin Honeybourne, and Jason Osbourne comes up with a few new beers per month. One of those is always a northeastern IPA. The brewery also has weekly live music

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it’s finally real, knows he’s truly made it out of SB and into the larger world he’d scarcely had the imagination to envision. Lawrie, all idiot grin and rapid heartbeat, shoulders his duffel, squeezes into, and is carried along with the thronging khaki crowds making their way to the docks. His eyes are aimed up, ever up. Every building he sees is six times as tall and twice as swanky as the Arlington Hotel back home.

The Arlington… aww jeez. Seriously?

Lawrie, escapee and adventurer, feels his heart twist a little, and he moans.

Aloud. It’s only been seven days since he left home.

STEPHEN Stephen gets it. Boy, does he get it. When Lawrie had asked his dad’s permission and blessing, the response came without hesitation, surprising

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Stephen himself. He saw in a flash that Lawrie’s impulse to quit town and light out for a more expansive world was the same longing that had driven Stephen and his brother John out of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, those years ago, and into the opening paragraphs of an embryonic California whose future they would help write. Aberdeenshire, with its damp spires and clocks and cobbled thoroughfares — the Rutherford brothers had traveled, at great expense and not a little hardship, to where a guy could breathe, spread his arms, maybe own a little something, build a little something.

When Stephen had settled himself in his job at Glen Annie Ranch in Goleta,

he’d finally come to grips with both the scale and stupidity of the conflict, and the stalemate nature of the individual battles savagely fought by tens of thousands of men at a time, the soldiery on both sides falling like faceless chaff in numbers too huge to understand, for meaningless territorial gains of 10 and 15 meters that would be reversed the following day. And for what? Because some guy got shot in the backseat of his car in Sarajevo? Really? One guy? And where the hell is Sarajevo?!

The war, if that’s the word for it, is not going well for either side. Eighteenthcentury battlefield tactics are bumping up against 20th-century war machinery and the two don’t mix. But the

will rush through dense, muddy woods and a storm of flying metal, through sheer blunt force shove the allied cause through the enemy’s defenses, break the line, and finally end this stupid thing.

Right?

DAYDREAM On September 28, Lawrie is feverishly focused on a picture in his ringing head — the shady place where Stearns Wharf meets the beach, and where he and his pals would sit like ninnies under the pier for hours, swapping stories and watching the water lap the sand and the tarry pilings.

The order arrives and everyone gasps.

On the call, and completely against

Lawrie Rutherford, escapee and adventurer, feels his heart twist a little, and he moans.

Aloud. It’s only been seven days since he left home. he sent for his love back home, and Agnes Lawrie was as excited as he to see through sunstruck eyes a new life in a new place.

Saying goodbye to Lawrie had been hard, almost unbearable, really; particularly given his destination. But his son would be the first of the stateside Rutherfords to take up arms on behalf of their new home, and that stirred in Stephen something of the fire he’d felt on arriving in the westernmost reaches of this crazy experimental country.

Perhaps most important of all, Lawrie would have to leave their home to finally see it, Stephen had assured his Agnes. When he comes back, he’ll see what we see, he’d said. And if he doesn’t, he’ll find his own home somewhere and stay there, love it the way we love this place. What could Agnes do but nod?

She wasn’t hearing a word of it.

In the meantime, Stephen had his hands full. He’d done well since arriving in SB back in the ‘70s, had managed at one point to buy the seaside Dos Pueblos ranch out there in the overgrown Goleta hinterlands, but the year before Lawrie left Stephen unloaded it. Things were happening in the next town, and with the proceeds he bought 120-some acres of agricultural gold between San Roque Road and Alamar Avenue from the manager of the Arlington Hotel down the coast in Santa Barbara — a picturesque slowpoke coach stop with an Eastern elite fan base and growing sense of Self. Stephen had plans.

THE SIGHTSEEING SIXTH So, France. Lawrie looks in vain for the Eiffel Tower. What he sees instead is countryside that looks like it’s been through a meat grinder. Twice. On the anxious and nauseating voyage over,

belligerents, comfy jackass Royals actually related by blood, are too busy cabling one another churlish messages to notice that their subjects are being mown down like grass in complete anonymity. Lawrie’s division had been initially sent marching all over France, feinting in order to trick the Germans into misapprehending large troop movements. The constant movement of the division has earned them a nickname: The Sightseeing Sixth.

Now, all Lawrie can think about is Stearns Wharf, the St. Charles Market downtown, the fam’s new house in the foothills; from which you can see the ocean on a clear day, by the way. Hello?

What, exactly, had he been thinking?

DARK AND DEEP When he and the guys are finally assigned to the Vosges region and real action, the world turns inside out—black, seamlessly deafening, and screwed. Incoming artillery turns men into hamburger, chugging on approach like boxcars flying through the burned air. And the barrages include mustard and phosgene gases; stuff that will turn your lungs to liquid if you don’t manage to get your Jules Verne mask pulled over your face in time. Lawrie and the guys find themselves running full tilt across chewed-up, smoldering fields, terrified German kids sweeping the advancing line with machine-gun fire and everything else they can lay hands on, his newish buddies ducking and screaming and sprinting on either side of him.

He has learned their new orders are taking his Sixth Division to a forest that stretches along the entire length of the war’s western front. The plan?

He and about 1 million other guys

his better judgment, Lawrie jumps up with the others and charges screaming into a fusillade of hot steel that rips up the trees in front of him, green leaves momentarily raining like confetti.

HOME When word comes to the Rutherfords, it buffets them, a gale. They’re stunned, destroyed. But why? They hadn’t been paying attention. Stephen recalls the farewell at the train station, his hat in his hand like he’s saying so long to a neighbor, and not his beloved boy, Lawrie. Through the sorrow, Stephen’s dream of a uniquely beautiful place, the land he’d bought the year before Lawrie deployed, begins to bear fruit.

Initially called Rutherford park, the area between San Roque and Alamar will defy the numbing, grid-like layout of the growing frontier town. This place will be like Lawrie, Stephen decides; colorful and restless and unpredictable but with a still center.

There will be curved streets, and in a nod to the town’s tradition they’ll bear the fashionable Spanish nomenclature of Santa Barbara: “calle” this and “calle” that. But the neighborhood will have a hub, the politely disorienting chaos of curlicue roads and houses anchored by an orderly, perfect circle which, despite the confused pleas of Stephen’s advisors, will have a French name and not a Spanish one; the name of a French forest, actually. It had been the last place on Earth his son laid eyes on.

Lawrie now resided in the MeuseArgonne American Cemetery in France, alongside his recent buddies, all of them fodder in the war-ending Battle of the Argonne Forest. But this place, Stephen’s life work, will bring Lawrie home for good. Argonne Circle will see to it.

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We are so sorry for those who have lost their homes.

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by Margaret Landreau

In the last 18 years, Margaret Landreau has accumulated 13 years of serving on the Board of Directors of Santa Barbara County arts-related nonprofits and has worked as a freelance arts writer for 10 years. She creates her own art in her Carpinteria studio.

HANA ANDERSON, ARTIST-AT-LARGE

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hen artists collect art from the world around them, they create a world of beauty around themselves, especially when that art is from nature.

A great lover of what she sees in nature, Hana D. Anderson collects beautiful or interesting little pieces and brings them home. When she creates her works, Anderson goes to this treasure trove and pulls out little bits of what she’s found, and she incorporates the actual pieces or re-creates them in her artworks. She decorates her art with mermaids, fishes, leaves, bark, and more.

Anderson, born in Czechoslovakia, visited the U.S. repeatedly before permanently moving to California in 1993. Not wanting to re-certify here as an RN, she began taking adult ed ceramic classes in Santa Barbara. Her uncle Ales Grim was a sculptor, and she had watched while he created lifesize (and larger) sculptures in bronze, stone, wood, and clay. She credits many teachers who helped her grow and learn

ceramics including but not limited to Barbara Loebman, Bob McGuire, Danyel Dean, and she credits Genie Thomson for teaching her to explore different forms of clay including making prints on clay and using stains and stencils.

In addition to Anderson’s ceramic sculptures and functional items, she branches off to create fine porcelain jewelry pieces. Taking inspiration from her daughter, Olivia, she began creating “Living Jewelry,” planting tiny succulents into tiny ceramic jewelry pieces. This led to creating botanic gardens in her pots, then to embellishing them with ceramic mushrooms and decorations. She repeatedly uses botanic motifs throughout her works; on her collages, she will use actual “bits of nature” incorporated into the collage.

Anderson also privately paints in oil and acrylic. She enjoys making jewelry from metal clay, and this led her back to incorporating rubies and opal

gemstones into her ceramic pieces in a beautiful and unusual style. She is a wizard at integrating all of her different mediums with one another.

Anderson has worked with Ventura Potter’s Guild, Step One Gallery, and more. She has donated ceramic mosaic bird houses with her ceramic birds, of course, to the annual CAMA fundraiser, and to Santa Barbara’s Empty Bowl project for 18 years. “It’s hard work setting up shows. I appreciate my daughter, Olivia, and late husband, Curtis, helping me over the years.”

Since 2011, Anderson shows at Santa Barbara Artwalk along Cabrillo Boulevard, come meet her in person on Sundays. Not content to just make and sell her creations, each December she organizes a fundraiser across the parking lot from Goleta’s Costco supporting Gersh Park. She and her friends will be there daily from Friday, December 14, till Christmas. They gather there again before Valentine’s Day and prior to Mother’s Day. Hana Anderson can be reached at (805) 448-8429.

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IHeart SB

By Elizabeth Rose

I Heart SB is the diary of Elizabeth Rose, a thirty-something navigating life, love, and relationships in the Greater Santa Barbara area. Thoughts or comments? Email ihearterose@gmail.com

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:30 pm: We’re somewhere off the Lost Coast in Northern California when the engine sputters and drops dead. Jason hurls a few curse words, then starts meddling with the engine. I know better than to mention my premonition of this scenario and, having worked through every outcome in my head, I remain calm.

We’re on a sailboat, I think. All we need is wind and we’re fine. Thankfully, there’s constant wind blowing south, so we hoist the mainsail and cruise five to six knots (six to seven miles an hour) down the coast.

Sailing is so peaceful. The sound of water rushing past the hull is all you hear.

Also, the boat is more stable with sails up, less rocking. Wonder why we haven’t done this sooner? It’s nice out, warm enough to shed our foul-weather gear. I sit in the cockpit and let my eyes outline the mountains down the coast. Mountain ridges fall into the sea and look like giant elephant’s feet at the edge of an infinite puddle.

2:11 pm: Jason continues to freak out about the engine. I’m still calm partly because he is using all the energy one boat can hold. We sail toward Shelter Cover, about 10 miles away, to anchor overnight and fix the engine.

The sound of water rushing past the hull is all you hear 3:37 pm: Whales are breaching! Three-sixty degree turns in mid air! We’re amazed and terrified at the same time, not knowing whether to take pictures or make noise underwater. Although rarely, ships have sunk due to whales landing on deck – and since we are sailing, we lack engine noise to alert the whales we are coming. Jason asks for the fog horn and camera. We use both.

5:20 pm: Now it’s sketchy. We’re losing daylight, and the wind has all but dimmed to a whisper. We are a mile outside Shelter Cove and rocks are not far off the port side. Thoughts of a collision run through our minds as we silently pray for wind.

6:23 pm: The wind has officially died and the current is slowly drifting us toward the rocks. Didn’t predict this would happen. Fortunately, a good Samaritan named Scott radios and asks if we need help. He radios from land and says he will launch his boat and tow us to a safe area. We thank him profusely and drop anchor to hold steady.

7:30 pm: The swell is throwing us around pretty good. Jason makes a bridle for the tow line. Scott radios to say he can’t find us and as hard as we try, we can’t see him.

8:11 pm: Jason and I see is a dull green running light coming toward us. Turns out, it’s the only working light on Scott’s boat. Jason begins pulling 150 feet of anchor chain – by hand – to prepare us for tow. I hear him whimper a little from stress and muscle strain.

8:30 pm: Jason tosses the tow line to Scott and we get underway. We hear Scott on the radio talking to someone on land. Apparently, Scott’s friend is using the headlights and flashers of her truck to help guide him in the right direction. I slightly wig but am thankful we are finally moving.

8:45 pm: Scott pulls us to a dark park of the cove and yells, “Okay, this should be good!” Jason drops anchor and Scott tosses over the tow line. I vaguely see waves crashing about 20 feet away. At the same time, Jason and I realize why. “Scott!” Jason yells. “Rocks, just off starboard!” I hear Scott in the distance mutter, “Oh, shit.”

8:46 pm: Jason pulls the anchor and I toss Scott the tow line. We move about 100 feet to a safer spot, no rocks in sight. We drop anchor, collect the tow line, and thank Scott profusely for his help.

9:10 pm: We change clothes, brush our teeth, and fall into bed. The swell is rough and lumpy, rocking the boat all night. We wake up every 30 minutes to check whether we are dragging anchor. Shelter Cove officially does not live up to its name.

6:10 a.m.: Exhausted, we roll out of bed. Jason goes back to work and this time bleeds air out of the fuel line. The engine fires right up.

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by Eva Van Prooyen Keeping a finger on the pulse of the Santa Ynez Valley: what to eat, where to go, who to meet, and what to drink. Pretty much everything and anything situated between the Santa Ynez and San Rafael Mountains that could tickle one’s interest.

BUELLTON’S COOLEST STREET AND YOUR ANNUAL BUBBLE CONNECTION

for discerning palates, Figueroa Mountain Brewing – the local craft brewery’s headquarters and taproom, Bottlest/Terravant – Santa Barbara County’s largest winemaking facility and bar and restaurant, and Margerum Wine Company and Alma Rosa wine tasting rooms.

“Also located within walking distance is Flying Flags RV Resort and Sideways Inn, which offer a variety of lodging experiences for those who wish to spend a night or two camping in your own rig, in a room of your own, a cottage, a vintage trailer, or a luxury tent,” says Hugh, adding that food and wine adventurers can follow Industrial Way on Facebook and Instagram for the latest news and happenings, while the map and brochure can be found online at www.industrialwaysbc.com.

WELCOME TO INDUSTRIAL WAY n January 1918, a newly built bridge opened over the Santa Ynez River, leading to an intersection with the “Missions Highway” and “Coast Highway”. These main thoroughfares are now known as highways 246 and 101, and this juncture is precisely where the town of Buellton claims to have popped into existence.

The name “Buellton” was gleaned from the family name of Rufus Thompson Buell, who purchased the land in 1856, turning it into a horse and cattle ranch and dairy farm.

Anton and Juliette Andersen opened a roadside restaurant in 1924, and the worldwide fame of their Andersen’s Pea Soup Restaurant helped place the burgeoning town on the Central Coast map. Buellton then gained notoriety in 2004 due to the Academy Award-winning film Sideways, which was filmed in Buellton and its neighbor to the southeast, Solvang. Today, Buellton proudly announces itself as The Gateway to the Valley and has become progressively popular for its hidden gems.

Buellton is much more than what you see from the highway. Helping to crack the code on what to discover as you travel a block or two from the freeway is Hugh Margerum, the man in charge of Margerum Wine Company’s wine club and brand promotion. “For the past several months, I have been organizing a branding campaign for the food, wine, beer, and spirits producers of Industrial Way in Buellton,” says Hugh explaining, “I’ve put together a map and brochure that just arrived back from the printers a couple days ago and have created an online presence to promote this increasingly cool street.”

As Highway 246 heads west toward the nearby world-class vineyards of the Sta. Rita Hills viticultural aviation, Industrial Way is the last left turn as you head out of Buellton. Traditionally, the street has been a collection of service businesses, warehouses, winemaking, and light manufacturing. In recent years, the introduction of wine tasting rooms, varied and creative dining options, a topnotch craft brewery and tap room, two distilleries, and a sweet shop has turned this half-mile stretch into a hot-spot destination for local residents and visitors alike.

Hugh reports he has been an exhibiting artist for many years. His work is in numerous collections in Santa Barbara and around the country. His list of credits also include the titles of: printmaking instructor for SBCC’s Adult Education program, a concrete artisan, a curator, co-author of two books on plants of the Santa Barbara foothills, and most recently, he spearheaded the creation and branding of Santa Barbara’s Presidio Neighborhood. In 1981, he and his brother, Doug, founded the Wine Cask Restaurant. Hugh was involved as owner/manager until 2001, when he left to pursue his artistic and other endeavors.

Hugh notes part of the impetus for promoting the food, drink, lodging, and services at the heart of this Buellton street: “Margerum Winery on Industrial Way is now open to the public as a tasting room on the weekends, and more new wineries are going in and other businesses are expanding.”

Industrial Way highlights include: Industrial Eats – a foodie destination

POP, FIZZ, CLINK, CHEERS! ome quickly, I am tasting the stars!” is a quote attributed to the Order of Saint Benedict monk, Dom Perignon, and is supposedly what he said when tasting the first sparkling champagne. The essential effervescent celebratory beverage goes by many names – champagne, sparking wine, bubbly, champers, cava, Prosecco, and my personal Willy Wonka-inspired favorite – fizzy lifting drink (not to be confused with Wonka’s Double Bubble Burpa Cola). California sparking wine cannot be called champagne, as it is not made in the Champagne region of France.

There are four main methods of sparkling wine production: The first is simple injection of carbon dioxide (CO2), a process used for soft drinks and club soda.

The second is the Metodo Martinotti created and patented by Italian Federico Martinotti (1860-1924) and adapted by Eugène Charmat in 1907, in which the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in bulk tanks and is bottled under pressure. This technique is used for Prosecco in particular.

The third process is the traditional method or méthode champenoise. With this method, the effervescence is produced by secondary fermentation in the bottle. As the name suggests, this is used for the production of champagne, but is slightly more expensive than the Charmat process. The fourth technique is the “transfer method.” This method take the wine to bottle for secondary fermentation, which allows for the additional complexity, but then will transfer the wine out of the individual bottles into a larger tank after it has spent the desired amount of time on yeast.

Many, if not most, of the sparking wines produced in the Valley use the traditional and delicious méthode champenoise. There more than 40 winemakers producing a sparking wine in Santa Barbara, Summerland, Los Olivos, Solvang, Santa Ynez, Buellton, Lompoc, Santa Maria Valley, and Los Alamos. Recently, self-proclaimed eater, drinker, traveller, and local bubble-obsessed Liz Dodder designed Santa Barbara County’s first Sparking Wine Guide that can be found at www.calicoastwinecountry.com.

Bubbles not to be missed in and around the Valley include: Brewer Clifton – Blanc de Blancs, Sea Smoke – Sea Spray, Lucas Lewellen – Sparkling Wine, Flying Goat – Goat Bubbles, Casa Dumtez - Sonja’s Suds, Riverbench – Cork Jumper Blanc de Blancs, Fiddlehead – Blanc de Noirs, Vincent Vineyards – Sparkling Brut and Rosé, and Blair Fox – Foxy Bubbles.

Topping the list of Santa Barbara County sparkling wines (to help ring in the New Year) look for: Sea Smoke – Sea Spray, Lucas Lewellen – Sparkling Wine, Flying Goat – Goat Bubbles, Riverbench – Cork Jumper Blanc de Blancs, Vincent Vineyards – Sparkling Brut and Rosé, Blair Fox – Foxy Bubbles, Presqu’ile, Blanc de Blancs, and Sanford, Brut Cuvé e Late Disgorged.

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