Getting ‘Cut’
By Richard Mineards   |   September 17, 2024

Orlando Bloom, British actor fiancée of singer Katy Perry, took his body to the limit while filming The Cut, about a retired boxer returning to matters pugilistic. The new movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month and Bloom told People he “literally thought I was gonna die” because the role was so […]

LA28 Games with an eye on Montecito
By Joanne A Calitri   |   September 10, 2024

It is full on for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028 [LA28], as peeps are vying to reserve tickets for this epic event coming to our most loved metro-neighbor for all things culture, arts, and sports. Imagine, being only 90 normal traffic minutes away from this global masterpiece of athletics! With all the LA28 Hollywood drama […]

 

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Open Season at SB Polo Club, Where the Antelope Play
By Richard Mineards   |   September 10, 2024

Social gridlock reigned supreme when more than 4,000 equestrian fans descended on the Santa Barbara Polo Club for the biggest match of the season – the NetJets Pacific Coast Open. Grant Palmer, son of Los Angeles real estate tycoon Geoff Palmer, and his team Antelope led right from the opening chukker against real estate investor […]

Absence of Mallets
By Richard Mineards   |   September 10, 2024

Mallets were changed for golf clubs when the Santa Barbara Polo Club’s Polo Training Center held its fifth annual tournament at the Sandpiper Golf Club with 76 players raising around $50,000 for the Carpinteria-based facility. A total of 19 foursomes played in the Farmers & Merchants Bank sponsored event, organized by Mindy Denson, though a […]

In Praise of Priscilla
By Richard Mineards   |   September 10, 2024

My trusty shutterbug, Priscilla, who just celebrated a major birthday, was lauded at the historic Santa Barbara Club when Maria McCall, founder of Montecito Bank and Trust’s MClub, recounted Priscilla’s most impressive career – including being chosen as Saint Barbara during Fiesta celebrations and, as a licensed pilot, ferrying vital medical aid between the U.S. […]

Dream Team
By Richard Mineards   |   September 10, 2024

Behati Prinsloo, wife of Montecito rocker Adam Levine, has gone back in history for her latest modeling assignment for the new Victoria’s Secret collection. Behati and fellow model Candice Swanepoel posed up a storm at Longleat House in Wiltshire as they promoted the lingerie brand’s Dream collection. Behati, 36, looked stunning in a white mini […]

Gray Bauer: Feb. 1, 1940 – Aug. 23, 2024
By Montecito Journal   |   September 10, 2024

Gray Bauer, born on Feb. 1, 1940, in Boston, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Gray spent her final days doing what she loved, laughing, joking and celebrating with her family. Gray was the oldest daughter of Tom and Mary Hartigan. After years of moving around the country, the Hartigan family finally […]

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  • It’s a Jungle Out There
    By Richard Mineards   |   September 3, 2024

    Our tony town’s party animals were out en masse for Santa Barbara Zoo’s sold-out 38th annual Zoofari “Jungle After Dark” with more than 750 guests converging on the 30-acre hilltop menagerie housing more than 600 animal inhabitants and raising around $700,000. Like fireflies in the night, the creatively costumed guests – covert camouflage, jungle jewels, […]

    Royal Treatment
    By Richard Mineards   |   September 3, 2024

    Prince Harry and his former-actress wife Meghan Markle have done a new CBS TV interview about cyber abuse, with the Duke of Sussex paying homage to first responders. During the interview with Jane Pauley, the Riven Rock twosome spoke about how parents need to protect children from online harm – reflecting on their experiences with […]

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    Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation Annual Gold Gala Announcement
    By Joanne A Calitri   |   September 3, 2024

    The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (TBCF) has announced its annual major fundraiser, The Golden Gala,to take place Oct. 5 at a private Montecito estate. Tickets are selling fast and maxed at 300 attendees, and sponsorships are available on the TBCF website. The Gala marks their capstone event following National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. […]

    Mandy Jackson-Beverly’s “Lunch with An Author Literary Series” at El Encanto
    By Joanne A Calitri   |   August 27, 2024

    El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel, holds a monthly “Lunch with an Author Literary Series,” led by lectiophile and host of The Bookshop Podcast, Mandy Jackson-Beverly. The program includes meeting the author, a signed copy of the book, the author interview hosted by Jackson-Beverly, a three-course lunch, and complimentary valet parking. This year saw A-List authors […]

    Howlin’ Good Time at the Miramar
    By Richard Mineards   |   August 27, 2024

    Billionaire Rick Caruso’s oceanside hostelry, the Rosewood Miramar, went to the dogs at the weekend when it hosted its third annual Best in Show event with 50 cuddly canines of all shapes and sizes strutting their stuff with their proud owners on the blue carpeted runway on the Great Lawn! Judging the entrants were The […]

    Broadway on the ‘Condor’
    By Richard Mineards   |   August 27, 2024

    The Great White Way was on the great blue wave when Condor Express owner Hiroko Benko hosted her eighth annual Broadway musical cruise at the weekend for more than 70 guests. The two-hour coastal cruise featured soprano Deborah Bertling, now president of the Community Arts Music Association, and baritone Brian Hotchkin, accompanied by pianist Renée […]

    Bettin’ on Holden
    By Richard Mineards   |   August 27, 2024

    It wasn’t quite Monte Carlo, but roulette wheels, blackjack and craps tables abounded on the hallowed Holden Field at the Santa Barbara Polo Club as the lush Carpinteria equestrian facility held Casino Night for nearly 100 guests. “As the NetJets Pacific Coast Open, the biggest polo match on the West Coast, looms large, we try […]

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