SHOPGIRL’S DEBUT
Keeping UP WITH DOWNEY’S
JUST WHAT WE NEED... A NEW COLUMN ON SHOPPING. NO, REALLY. IT is JUST WHAT WE NEED, AND THIS ONE’S ABOUT THE LAVISH LOLA BOUTIQUE, P. 18
THEY DIDN’T NEED IPADS TO TAKE ORDERS AT THIS STATE STREET INSTITUTION 30 YEARS AGO, AND THEY DON’T NEED THEM now, P. 34
SANTA BARBARA
VO L U M E 2 | I S S U E 4 1 | O C TO B E R 2 5 – N OV E M B E R 1 | 2 0 1 3
once a week from pier to peak
W W W. S A N TA B A R B A R A S E N T I N E L .CO M
THE Lobero Ghost Project
by Matt Muahahazza
A Frightening Performance
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Hindu monastics SCHOOLED BY FATHER ONE MAN. ONE STAGE. ONE BAD IDEA TO HANG OF resistance flexibility get RESULTs OUT IN A HISTORIC AND HAUNTED THEATRE WITH THAT EVEN AGNOSTICS NOTHING BUT A LAPTOP. does HE MUST MAKE ITACKNOWLEDGE OUT ALIVE?
photo by Corey Sanders
8 DAYS A WEEK PAGE 10
PRESIDIOSPORTS PAGE 16
TIME, TIDE & SURF PAGE 29
bsolutely,” the smile on the face of the previously rather jovial man in modernized spectacles faded quickly. “The Lobero Theatre is absolutely haunted.” Executive Director David Asbell’s last word hung in the air for a moment, briefly echoing around the cavernous space. He was now completely serious. An eerie silence developed. We’d been standing around making small talk on the cluttered stage of the Lobero, which, for those of you who don’t know, has been under construction as part of a large-scale renovation project since June. I’d waited to ask David about the rumors and accounts of, well, unexplained phenomena until just then, hoping to catch him a bit off-guard in an effort to get a candid response. A few long, uncomfortable seconds passed. No one spoke. “All righty then,” Marketing and Communications Director Angie Bertucci broke the silence, “so you’ve seen the new bathrooms and the tile work. We’re just about to start pouring concrete out front and replacing bricks in the paseo. Want to have a look?” ...continued p.14
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