To the new 449-seat capacity Harbor Restaurant, atop Stearns Wharf, with my trusty shutterbug Priscilla, which opened in September with panoramic views over the Pacific through giant crystal-clear windows. The seafood eatery first opened in 1941 and has undergone an impressive renovation under its new owners, Santa Barbara realtor John Thyne III and wife Olesya, […]
Santa Barbara Symphony held its second Concert Aperitif event, one of five, at the charming and quirky new home of Joan Rutkowski on Chapala Street – starring Geneva-based conductor and pianist David Greilsammer before he headed to the Granada nearby for the French Connections concert spanning three centuries. The entertaining 100-minute program with Greilsammer, conducting […]
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To the historic University Club for a coffee table tome launch and talk on the late Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga, whose name is enjoying a resurgence of late. The book Balenciaga – Kublin: A Fashion Record by the Hungarian photographer’s daughter, Maria Kublin andfashion curator and lecturer Ana Balda – records the photographer’s close relationship […]
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