The 1919 - May 2020 - UClubSB

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MAY 2020

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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Messages from Our President................. 3 Messages from the GM.............................. 4 Together Apart.............................................. 6 If These Walls Could Talk.......................... 8 Humor in Tough Times...............................12 Vision Boarding for UClub Members....15 Member Groceries & Food Service.......16

TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF AND COMPLY WITH STAY-ATHOME ORDERS, THE UCLUB IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.

From Our Chef..............................................18

CONTACT US: Address:

Phone Number:

1332 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101

805-966-0853, Ext. 280

Website:

Member Services:

www.uclubsb.org *

Memberservices@uclubsb.org

(*under construction - site not current)

Staff: • General Manager | Sarah Rudd | Sarah.Rudd@uclubsb.org | Ext. 200 • Marketing & Member Services | Ammanjah de Vries | Ammanjah@uclubsb.org | Ext. 140 • Events Coordinator | Natalie Douglas | Natalie@uclubsb.org | Ext. 230 • Accounting | Lucy Hamlin | Lucy@uclubsb.org | Ext. 280 • Executive Chef | David Rosner | David@uclubsb.org | Ext. 160 • Wedding Director | Breanna O’Toole | Breanna@uclubsb.org | Ext. 110

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About the Cover: 1919: The year the University Club of Santa Barbara was founded, and replete with history, tradition, camaraderie, and a sense of community.

Pictured: Our special UClub Mother’s Day Brunch To-Go; The UClub’s Riviera Mansion facade; UClub house wines.

MESSAGES FROM OUR PRESIDENT: Dear Members, Unfortunately, another month has slipped away without being able to see any of you. I am eagerly awaiting the day we can reopen the Club and welcome all of you back. In the meantime, I am pleased at the response to our prepared meals and groceries to-go service. It has been wonderful not having to cook every night. I hope some of you saw the article in the News Press about our to-go meals.

And if you like wine, I hope you have taken advantage of the amazing prices being offered on our bottles of wine. I have already purchased several cases to add to our wine collection.

Despite being closed, the Board and key staff members have been working tirelessly to prepare the Club for reopening. In furtherance of that goal, I am so proud of the all the hard work Sarah put in to acquiring a PPP loan.

Your generous donations have helped the Club with some much-needed operating expenses, and now the PPP loan will allow us to ensure our staff is fully compensated for their hard work.

As we traverse these uncertain times, the staff and Board ask for your patience, understanding, and support.

But we also welcome your feedback.

We are your Club and we are here to make your membership as beneficial as possible. So please, do not hesitate to reach out to me or Sarah with your ideas, questions, or concerns. Along those lines, I am excited to say Sarah, Chef, and your Board, have come up with new and exciting ways to improve your membership experience.

It will likely be some time before the Club will be able to host large events such as weddings again. As many of you know, our membership dues make up a very small portion of our income—the Club relies on private events for the bulk of its revenue.

Over the course of this next year, the Club will be transitioning away from this economic model to a more membership focused Club—relying on events and weddings to improve Club facilities rather than pay Club expenses.

We look forward to the day when we can reopen our doors and welcome you to the new and improved University Club. In the meantime, we hope you are taking advantage of the wine sales and prepared meals and that all of you are safe and healthy.

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MESSAGES FROM OUR GM: Dear Members, Thank you for your patience during this time of unprecedented challenge for our beloved UClub. In the two months since our world suddenly halted, we have been focused on serving our members and taking care of the Club. As we face our new reality together, our attention has shifted to operational continuity during this extended remote period. I want to take this opportunity to provide some updates regarding the operations of the UClub.

First and foremost, on behalf of the entire administrative team, I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. Please allow me to be among the many to encourage you to continue to practice social distancing and adhere to all CDC health and safety guidelines. All of us are counting on each other to do our part in defeating COVID-19. so that we may see one another in person again soon.

We are in the eye of the storm right now, and it has been a surreal, often uncertain, few months for all of us. The persistent messages telling us to “isolate” and “keep your social distance” can make us feel alone; but I am reminded by 4 THE 1919 MAGAZINE | MAY 2020

all of your emails, messages, and encouragement every day that physical connections are not nearly as strong as emotional ones. We are not alone. And we will weather this storm by continuing to take care of ourselves and each other.

Second, I’d like to share some of the steps we’ve taken to ensure that the critical needs of our Club and our members, continues to operate efficiently and effectively.

• Board Leadership: The board of Directors continue to meet via video conferencing multiple times a month to keep on top of the financial success of the Club.

• PPP loan: The generous donations from many of you, our members, are helping us stay abreast of critical operating expenses. We have now also secured a coveted PPP loan to help us ensure that our staff is fully compensated for their hard work.

• Prepared food, grocery and wine To-Go Program: A new menu is sent out every week with up to 60 items to choose from in addition to a wine list with over 20 wines to choose from. If you are not receiving the weekly emails, please let me know at Sarah.Rudd@ uclubsb.org • UClub Book Club Zooms: Thank you again to our member Frank

Peters for hosting the monthly UClub Book Club meetings virtually via Zoom. It has been a really wonderful way for members to stay connected.

• New Website Launch: We are very excited to announce that the new and improved UClub website will be launching later this month!

You will be receiving an email with more information and your new login credentials the day of the launch (estimated around May 20th!). If you do not receive this email by the end of this month, or if you encounter any problems with the new site, please let Ammanjah know at: memberservices@uclubsb. org.

• Mother’s Day Brunches: Thank you to everyone for the lovely feedback and photos of our To-Go Brunch Baskets for Mother’s Day. Like you, we were very sad to miss out on our annual Mother’s Day brunch here at the Club. We are so thankful that we were still able to offer you a special Mother’s Day spread, albeit not together this year. How sweet it will be to sit together on the lawn for Mother’s Day again next year! We are already looking forward.

I’ve been so inspired by our Board of Directors and Finance Committee’s collective response to this crisis. There are countless examples of Board members

selflessly committing themselves to the success and well-being of our Club. I want to personally thank our President Lacy Taylor, our Past President Leonard Himelsein, and our Finance Chair Jack Heine for going above and beyond.

Third, we have received many inquiries as to how you can help us during this difficult time. While we recognize that there are significant threats facing our world, it is impossible to minimize what is happening in our own lives. As we assess the economic impacts on our community as a result of the pandemic, my primary request at this time is for you to continue to show your support and love of your Club.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if we can be helpful with absolutely anything at all. I have the utmost faith and confidence that we will prevail by being true to our priorities, staying connected, taking personal responsibility, relying on each other, and deepening our commitment to face this adversity together.

I wish you the best and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Sarah Rudd UClub General Manager Sarah.Rudd@uclubsb.org THE 1919 MAGAZINE | MAY 2020 5

TOGETHER

Priya Kapoor, James Darnborough, and Priya’s mum Cecelia enjoying their UClub Mother’s Day Brunch.

UClub GM Sarah Rudd taking a well-deserved break on a hike with her husband and daughters.

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Chef David Rosner greets UClub President Lacy Taylor with a smile (trust us, he’s smiling behind that mask) as she comes to pick up her Mother’s Day Brunch basket.

UClub Events Coordinator Natalie Douglas enjoys a special Mother’s Day moment with her mom and grandmother.

APART:

Christina Eliason shared this photo of Richard Lloyd at work at home with his “co-workers”.

Linda Hedgepeth celebrates her horse Skip’s birthday. “No worries about social distancing at the stable.

Horses cannot transmit COVID19,” she writes.

Paula Bottiani and her family also enjoyed the special UClub Mother’s Day Brunch at home. “A special thanks to you, Chef and anyone else helping for all of your hard work to make this Mother’s Day so special for us.,” she wrote.

Happy Mother’s Day again to all our members and their families!

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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: A Look Back at the 1918 Flu Pandemic

While we should not draw too many parallels between coronavirus and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, it is interesting to see that the actions taken by governments and individuals to prevent the spread of infection were not all that dissimilar.

These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to social distance and wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic: A newspaper clipping from 1919, Edmonton Bulletin

A poster distributed by Rennsselaer County Tuberculosis Association in New York in 1918.

The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, January 1918

A poster distributed by the US Public Health Service in 1918.

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A Daily Mirror cartoonist captured the confusion over public health messages in the UK during the 1918 flu pandemic.

During the 1918 flu pandemic, some cities in the US made mask-wearing mandatory in public. Photos from the time show people going about their business with the lower halves of their faces covered by masks fashioned out of gauze, the material of choice (and availablility) at the time:

A telephone operator with protective gauze, Getty Images

In Seattle, Washington, conductors would not permit passengers who weren’t wearing masks to ride the street cars.

Credit: U.S. National Archives

A traffic cop dons a gauze mask while directing vehicles in a New York City street.

Credit: U.S. National Archives

A New York city street sweeper wears a mask to help check the spread of the influenza epidemic, October 1918. In the view of one official of the New York Health Board, it was ‘Better be ridiculous, than dead’. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

New York City conductors wear masks. Credit: U.S. National Archives

A letter carrier in New York City.

Credit: U.S. National Archives

Police Court Officials of San Francisco hold a session in the open air, as a precaution against the spreading influenza. Credit: U.S. National Archives

Cincinnati barbers wear masks.

Credit: U.S. National Archives

Some took flu safety one step further... they masked their pets too:

This unknown family of six from Dublin, California poses for a Tommy the cat is on the left, and Golly on the right. 43rd St., photo with the standard gauze masks of the time - including Seattle, Washington. COLLECTION OF DAN ESKENAZI one for their cat. DUBLIN HERITAGE PARK & MUSEUM THE 1919 MAGAZINE | MAY 2020 11

NET MIRTH IN A TIME OF DEARTH A Humorist’s Advice for Mental Health Month

A UClub Member since the 1980s, Michele Jackman spreads humor and cheer whenever she stops by the Club. Michele recently came to pick up a UClub To-Go food order (see page 16) and spoke with UClub GM Sarah Rudd in the UClub parking lot (from a safe distance). They couldn’t help but note the irony of this month, so fraught with uncertainty, stress, and mental, emotional, and physical isolation, being Mental Health Outreach Month.

Mental Health Month was started way back in 1949, when our nation was getting back to work after WWII and facing all new ways of working and coping with change, much as we are having to slowly do now. To help all of us find a bit of optimism in these difficult times, Michele offers the following advice: MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH MONTH was started in 1949. It is ironic that we are essentially experiencing community life with wartime limitations right now. There is no actual war here of course, but what we are experiencing can be just as unsettling. Our day-to-day is currently filled with many post-WWII-like challenges: the rationing of food stuffs and basic supplies like toilet paper; unavailable medical appointments; the loss of nurturing moments like a haircut; and the constraints on all our rituals and nurturing habits like meeting friends at Bistro dinners, lunches at the Club, attending events, and more.

This COVID-19 warlike experience is straining all our thinking and emotional and mental capacities. We think we know earthquakes, horrible fires, and other disasters. A long- lasting pandemic is not in most people’s planning.

Unlike those other disasters, we are experiencing a “grinding halt” similar to how the 1925 Earthquake impacted people and businesses. We recovered then, and we need to now.

THIS IS A TIME TO CONSIDER ONE’S “MENTAL WEALTH”. By that I mean all of the resources we have – all of our financial, personal, social, and spiritual resources which can help us cope with any moments of doom, gloom, or depression we may face. This includes, for example, finding ways to continue to interact with other UClub members and UClub staff. As we all know, there are only so many projects one can do after 6+ weeks of a “grinding halt,” and the longer we go without tapping into our mental WEALTH, the more dangerous it becomes for our mental HEALTH. As one very mature, talented person expressed with frustration, “All my models and strategies for coping that worked in the past for me don’t seem to be working.” We need to learn new strategies, adapted to these warlike times.

My first career was in mental health. My second career is in developing healthier workplaces and workforces where creativity and innovation are needed as ongoing routine. In that capacity, I taught Organizational Psychology and offered Extension courses for several years. These topics are relevant now as workforces require new and different models to help boost the productivity and health of workers. For many of our members, the future means ensuring that it is increasingly safer to meet and eat in person again and also learning virtual tools like Zoom and Podcasts so that we can enjoy new kinds of fun events like a virtual cocktail party or online Book Club meeting.

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Zoom, Podcasts, and To-Go meals are, out of necessity, being used as a substitute for actual interactions and in-person events. These things can help, but many of us may not take to these online modes of communication or are unable to use them. Personal contact and the energy that it gives us is still essential. We may need to forgo the hugs and handshakes and being in close proximity in the same room with other Club members in person, but we should still strive to connect as best as possible.

HOW CAN YOU GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC? BOOST YOUR NET MIRTH! 1) Some clichés ARE true: “This too WILL pass.” Remind yourself that while things may be different from now on, they may also be even better for all of us. Think of some new things you always wished you had time for.

“We are all in this together”, so let’s get together, remain together, in new virtuous and virtual ways.

2) Don’t Panic - Still Pay Dues: You can give yourself reassurances that you will be ok, health-wise, financially, and otherwise. You have the Club folks to assist you in avoiding “scarcity thinking”. Paying your dues can help you keep sight of the light at the end of the tunnel. We need to trust in the clichés, that “this too WILL pass”, and that we ARE in this together. You CAN reach out and connect with fellow Club members in the meantime. (The launch of the Club’s new and improved website at the end of this month will give us all access to the full member directory again, as well as real-time updates and news!)

3) You CAN connect - masked, sanitized, and vigilant. You will go crazy sooner rather than later if you don’t connect with people who can assist you. Come pick up a To-Go meal at the Club and have a safe chat with Sarah or David in the parking lot. Drop off flowers or a card – or much coveted toilet paper or flour – on a friend’s doorstep and catch up at a safe distance from the stoop. Or invite someone over for a safe-distance cup of coffee in your driveway (visitors bring their own coffee in a thermos!).

4) You can fit more fitness in with activities that give you joy rather than bore you now.

5) Laughter – sharing humor with others is a proven immune response to keep you safer. Give someone a call and have a good laugh about life or check out the fun memes Ammanjah collected for us on page 14.

6) You can still find meaning in your day-to-day routines. Volunteer your services in new ways, even just getting on the phone to share some stories you never made time for before or sending someone a letter can make both others and YOU feel better.

Our Club is one of our best Mental WEALTH resources in these trying times. It offers us not only groceries, meals, and wine, but also a ready and welcoming list of people to reach out to, connect with, laugh with, and share with. We can cheer each other on, boost each other up, and share our resources with one another. (Such as Priya’s wonderful offering of a free Vision Boarding course for UClub members! See page 15 for the link.).

NET MIRTH IS THE KEY TO BOOSTING MENTAL NET WEALTH. And of course, do not hesitate to reach our for any help you may need!

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Coronavirus Memes: Using Humor to Connect and Cope The online world has been using humor to deal with the anxiety around COVID-19. Psychologists say it’s a healthy response.

Spinning humor out of tragedy is by no means a new phenomenon. The Civil War era in the US was largely considered “the age of practical joking.” Gallows humor helped soldiers cope with tragedy during World War I and World War II. Letters, posters, and songs at the time poked fun at the enemy and the soldiers’ own predicaments. Kilroy Was Here, a graffiti doodle that Americans began drawing across a variety of obscure places during WW II, is said to be the world’s first viral meme. And of course, it’s always nice to know you’re not alone in your experiences, even though you’re physically and socially isolated, and memes helps with that as well. With the click of a button and the scroll of a mouse, we can see that others far and wide during this global pandemic are in the same boat.

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FREE ONLINE COURSE FOR UCLUB MEMBERS! Where do we go from here? This has been a trying time for many and a settling time for others. We have tried to use our time wisely and some of us are thinking about how we can make changes in our lives going forward. But how do we plan for that? How about making a Vision Board? Transition Coach and UClub member Priya Rana Kapoor would like to offer her fellow UClub members her e-course “How to Make a Vision Board that Delivers� for FREE. This is perfect for the graduate who is planning their future, the parent who wants to do a hopeful project with their children, or for anyone who might be feeling a little unsettled and who wants to envision their future with intention.

https://priya-rana-kapoor.mykajabi.com/make-a-vision-board-that-delivers

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To-Go Groceries, Pre-Cooked Food, & Wine UClub Members can order some basic grocery items (such as eggs, flour, and milk), prepared foods, and wine for pick-up in the Club parking lot.

• All orders must be placed by 5pm the day before your desired pickup day.

• Orders can be picked up Tuesday-Friday, between 12-1pm and 5-6pm • Check your email weekly for the order forms, or email us for a copy at: Sarah.Rudd@uclubsb.org

UClubers At Home!

Let’s stay connected!

Send us photos of what you are up to while sheltering at home! Show us your crafts, your baking, the pets, kids, and other fun or mundane things keeping you busy. You might make it into our next email blast or UClub Newsletter.

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YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU: Thank you to everyone below who has already contributed to the UClub Pledge Drive. As you all know, during these months of closure our Club cannot rely on our usual sources of income - the weddings and private events which normally pay the lion’s share of our bills. Instead, we look to the generosity of our Club members to help see us through these difficult times (in addition to drastic cuts, the new PPP loan, and other measures we are taking). Together, we can weather this storm.

Please consider donating today to help ensure our Club’s continued viability for the future!

Email us to make your contribution: Sarah.Rudd@uclubsb.org

Thank you to the following members for their generous support for our beloved Club: • ROSITA ARBAGEY • DARLENE BIERIG & DAVID BATES • TERESA & RICHARD BOULETTE • SUSAN BRADLEY • HERSHEL BREWER • BOB BRYANT • SUE & JOHN BURK • SCOTT BURNS • ED CARTY • CHRIS COLLIER • PRIYA (KAPOOR) & JAMES DARNBOROUGH • EDWARD DELORETO • JOE DOBBS • BROOKS FIRESTONE • RANDALL FOX & TERRY BARTLETT

• AMY & JOHN GRAHAM • LINDA HEDGEPETH • DAVID HOFFMAN • JACK & HOLLY HEINE • RICHARD HELLER • PAT JONES • DON LAFLER • SUE LARSEN • VICTORIA LINDENAUER • ZORICA LJALJEVIC • DENISE LOCKHART • ROBERT LUPPI • ALAN & JANET MALKI • JOHN MARGOLIS • SUSIE MITCHELL

• ROBERT MONK • ROBERT MYERS • AMIE PARRISH • PATRICIA PERRY • KOSTIS PROTOPAPAS • STEVE SEREBOFF • HOMER SHEFFIELD • DR. CYNDER SINCLAIR • JAMES SLATER • LACY TAYLOR • TIM TAYLOR • JOHN & OLESYA THYNE • MILAN TIMM • TAKAKO WAKITA • ALASTAIR WINN • HAP ZIEGLER

Cooking with Chef David “I wait all winter for the spring seasonal vegetables and I especially love fresh peas. This is a quick recipe for an appetizer, or to keep around for a snack. It can be served with pita, toasted bread, or your favorite chips.” - Chef David

UClub Chef David Rosner

Spring Pea Humus INGREDIENTS: 2 cups shelled fresh peas 3/4 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and cooled 1/2 cup fresh cilantro rough chopped 2 garlic cloves slow cooked in olive oil until soft 1/4 cup tahini (Middle Eastern sesame paste) 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon white pepper

DIRECTIONS: • Cook peas in a saucepan of boiling salted water until just tender, 6 to 10 minutes.

Drain and cool.

• Coarsely grind cumin seeds in an electric coffee/spice grinder or crush with a mortar and pestle. Transfer to a food processor. Add cilantro and garlic (to taste) and finely chop.

• Add peas, tahini, lemon juice, salt, and pepper and purée.

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