The Best of Montecito and More
In tune with The Independent‘s annual Best of Santa Barbara issue, J’Amy gets Montecitans to divulge their favorite spots and dishes the latest news on Westmont, quiet zones, and Ellen DeGeneres’ new digs.
Year: 2006
The Independent’s 2006 Endorsements part II
This is the second installment of The Santa Barbara Independent’s endorsements for 2006. As we explained in last week’s issue, we are publishing our endorsements throughout a three-week period. Updated information can be found online at independent.com. Next week we will include our endorsements of the city council races in Carpinteria and Goleta, as well as the Goleta Water Board. If you have not yet registered to vote, you still have a few days before the cutoff date of October 23. If you are registered, but would like an absentee ballot, you have until October 31.
Rugrats to Kittycats, BOSB’06
In business now for nine years, the
folks at Pet Sitters have taken a variation of the Hippocratic
Oath. “We try to disrupt their lives as little as possible,” said
Renee Trenholm of the animals left in her care. “Except that their
parents are gone, we try to make like nothing is unusual.
Roses to Rings, BOSB’06
Rules and protocols of love demand
certain iconography — hearts, candies, flowers, and when it’s
serious, jewels and the diamond you marry her with. There are even
more expensive rings that say, “Whoops, you caught me.” And don’t
forget bling, which in certain professional circles is a must.
Highbrow to Get-Down, BOSB’06
It’s the museum’s 90th birthday come
January, and, as far as anyone can remember, the first year it has
won this category. This is the museum with the rattlesnake box, the
planetarium, and the Ray Strong mural dioramas.
Jocks to Rocks, BOSB’06
This has been a real triumph for new
businesses everywhere, seeing as this one won for camping gear only
three years after first opening. “We try to make people
comfortable, but we also steer them toward the people in the store
who have the most expertise in whatever aspect of camping the
customer wants,” said store manager Jessica Barcelona.
Political Portraits Protested
The announcement for John Nava’s upcoming exhibit of portraits at Sullivan Goss gallery in downtown Santa Barbara arrived at the homes and businesses of the gallery’s mailing list in early October wrapped in clear plastic. No sooner had some of the 1,000 addressees received it than the gallery’s email inbox and voicemail were inundated with messages-more than 50 as of press time-running approximately three-to-one against exhibition of the work. In addition to the “dissenting” messages, as Goss refers to them, there were anonymous threatening phone calls. One caller asked Goss if his insurance was paid up. Another said simply, “This is a bad idea,” and added, “You won’t get away with it.”
YOUNG BLOOD
Hoping to end a recent rash of loud, cuss-filled coach-bashing at Santa Barbara High School football games, school officials have
Burgers to Bistro, BOSB’06
Now it’s official: the Benson family’s
on its way to an empire. With shops in Solvang, Los Olivos,
Montecito, and the ever-popular store across from Our Daily Bread
on Santa Barbara Street, Carter Benson admits they have their eye
on conquering Carpinteria and bigger cities to the south.
LAW AND DISORDER
Police officers, with the help of federal marshals, nabbed the suspected triggerman in the shooting of Frank Tacadena, a 60-year-old