Too Hot to Handle

It was major social gridlock at the Rosewood Miramar when the Montecito Firefighter’s Charitable Foundation threw its second annual New Day gala with the 225 guests raising more than $150,000.

Nina Terzian, Gretchen Lieff, Cathy Link, Beverlye Hyman Fead, and Wendy Foster were on the boffo bash’s steering committee, which was produced by Judi Weisbart of A Busy Woman Consulting.

The ubiquitous Andrew Firestone was in fine form as emcee, auctioning off a cornucopia of items including a Mexican villa near Puerto Vallarta, a 400-year-old cottage in Cornwall, England, a fire station dinner for ten, and a luxury gift basket, including a two-night stay at the Miramar, and gift certificates for Silverhorn jewelers, Tre Lune, and Jeannine’s.

Montecito fire chief Kevin Taylor thanked donors at a VIP reception before guests entered the chandeliered ballroom for “gourmet grazing” from the buffet stations and being photographed with various pieces of fire equipment, including helmets and hoses.

Among the tony throng dancing the night away to the band N’Demand were Abe Powell, Mireille Noone, Carole Ridding, Miles Hartfeld, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Das Williams, Palmer and Susan Jackson, Ben and Houghton Hyatt, Laura Capps, Bob and Sylvia Easton, Ivana Firestone, Fred Brander, Lois Mitchell, Heather Sage, Emily House, Berna Jean Keiler, Diane Boss, Julianna Dain, and Antoinette Chartier.