The Inn Crowd

The Inn Crowd airs every Saturday night on KEYT News Channel 3. The Montecito Bank & Trust MClub headed up by Maria McCall took a gang of folks to the Carriage & Western Art Museum to watch a taping of the show and eat some pie.

Chairman/CEO of Montecito Bank & Trust, Janet Garufis, cannot only run a bank, she has a pie reputation. She confessed, “When I was two years old, my grandma let me help her make pies in the kitchen” – and she has been at it ever since.

The filming took place in front of the new bank façade at the Carriage Museum. After all, every western town needs a bank. The producer Craig Case made introductions and chef Michael Hutchings was there to demonstrate how to cook an upscale cowboy dinner ending with Janet’s mouth-watering apple pie.

Montecito Bank & Trust Wealth Management sponsored the event with our host Suzi Schomer, VP wealth strategist. After we enjoyed every sweet bite, Old Spanish Days was having a press conference announcing the grand marshal for the parade, Brooks Firestone. He and his wife, Kate, have participated one way or another with Fiesta and horses for 45 years. Kate, having been a ballerina in England, put in a plug for all the beautiful dancing that takes place during Old Spanish Days.