Questions About Your Insurance
If you have questions about your insurance, and have been impacted by the storms and mudflows in Montecito, Santa Barbara, Carpenteria, and Summerland, listen to this vital conversation with John …
Can you claim damage from the Thomas Flood on your homeowners insurance?
If the storms and mudflows in Montecito, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Summerland impacted you, and you have questions about your insurance, listen to this vital conversation with John J. Thyne …
Santa Barbara Dance Theater
Interview with Christopher Pilafian, Artistic Director, Santa Barbara Dance Theater.
My Scottish Repoussé Find
I have often been tempted to photograph an antique I myself have found, and last week, returning to Santa Barbara from an appointment in Calabasas, I stopped at an industrial …
Citrus and cyanide
J.H. sends me a ceramic fumigation pot, alongside a photo of her grandmother’s house, in the first quarter of the 20th century set in an unincorporated area of West Covina. …
Photographing Cuba
A discussion about photographing Cuba with Bill Hendricks, National Arts Recognition Award Winner and Tour Leader to Cuba, and veteran photographers Santi Visalli and Dr Jeff Lipschitz .
Before Bread Machines We Had Dough Boxes
LS sends me a photograph of a dough box, which, in its heyday (1850) would have weekly felt the weight of “three pecks” of flour to make the family’s bread. …
Traditional (Furniture) is No Longer Popular Today
North Carolina is known for its beautiful forests, and since the 19th century was the state known nationwide to produce serviceable wooden furniture. My son lives there now, and some …
How to Protect valuable art
The week before the Thomas fire roared into Santa Barbara County, a new client asked me for an appointment for an appraisal for insurance purposes. On Dec. 5,, my photographer …
Could this old violin go for a song?
C. from Santa Barbara has an old violin bearing a paper label in the interior of the waist behind one of the F holes. I am not a violin expert, …