Weatherproof Winterland
It was running hot and cold when the Santa Barbara Polo Club hosted a sold-out Fire and Ice party.
More than 185 guests scoffed and bopped the night away when temperatures dropped into the 50s, the winds blew and the rain, briefly, poured.
Fortunately a tent, with heat lamps, had been erected a few feet away from the club house that was decked out like a winter wonderland with an all-white decor and ice sculptures, while ice blue and fiery red lighting lit up the club’s facade.
A fire juggler added to the hot event.
After the salmon and tri-tip dinner, more guests arrived for the after party.
Among the revelers were Justin and Luke Klentner, Amanda Masters, Charles Ward, David Sigman, Nigel Gallimore, Chris and Mindy Denson, Tara Gray, Chuck and Margarita Lande, Rhys Williams, and Andrew Bossom.
Debutantes in the City of Lights
Montecito cell phone billionaire Craig McCaw‘s daughter, Julia, was the belle of the ball at the 26th annual Bal des Debutantes at the five-star Shangri-La hotel in Paris.
Former Cate student Julia, who was escorted by the late actor Gregory Peck’s grandson, Harper, joined 18 young women, aged 16 to 22, who donned stunning designer ballgowns and danced alongside dashing, and sometimes royal, dates as their parents presented them to society.
Julia, whose mother Susan was U.S. ambassador to Austria, joined a bevy of affluent beauties, including petro-chemical billionaire David Koch‘s daughter, Mary Julia, Motown mogul Berry Gordy’s granddaughter Juliet, and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker‘s daughter True, who was escorted by Giacomo Belmondo, grandson of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The fab fete also included Julia’s Kate-educated brothers, Chase, who escorted Kayla Uytgensu, and Reed, who did the honors with Alice Maxey, looking dashing in white tie and tails.
The bustling bash raises money for two charities the Seleni Institute, which supports teen mothers’ reproductive and mental health, and Enfants d’Asie, which promotes the education of girls in Southeast Asia.
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
It was certainly a magical evening when the American Theatre Guild staged Rodgers and Hammerstein’s enchanting musical Cinderella at the Granada.
With Kaitlyn Mayse as Ella and Lukas James Miller as the handsome prince, Topher, it was a production for all ages, with some ingenious costume changes by both the fairy godmother and Mayse as she magically changed outfits from a scullery maid in readiness for the grand royal ball in the blink of an eye.
The pumpkin morphing into a carriage and the mice into horses was equally well done, and needless to say the Ugly Sisters were an absolute hoot.
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