Dividing Up Your Possessions for Your Kids
How do you avoid a family melt-down? Who wants WHAT? WHY? And HOW to divide equitably? My experience counseling families allows me to suggest the following: Step One Discuss what …
Having a Ball with a Regency Fan
BE sent me an 1810 folding Regency fan used in ballrooms in England, a Battoir (batting) fan of silk, embroidered with sequins and painted. The painted scene shows an elegantly …
Star Jasmine Foundation
Star Jasmine Music Foundation Executive Director Nancy Earle, Founder Luke W Archer, and Board Member Susan Bardsley talk about how through JAMS (Jasmine Alternative Music School), their foundation lets youth …
Diego Rivera Possible Original Treasure
SJ showed me a drawing before she framed it. She thought it an original Diego Rivera when she saw it in Ventura at the Boys and Girls Club Thrift store. …
Japanese Singing Bowls “Sound Bath”
After eighteen months we need deep relaxation, muscle regeneration, and better concentration. HOW TIMELY that JF sent me two “singing” bowls from his home altar. His collection of Japanese standing …
Marlene Vitanza and Marlene Struss
First, Marlene Vitanza, owner Peregrine Galleries, talks about celebrating forty years of business in Montecito. Then, Marlene Struss discusses her Dancing with Paint exhibit at the Architectural Foundation of Santa …
South American Stirrups for Small Feet
PS sent me a fascinating pair of South American stirrups SO SMALL I suspect they’re lady’s stirrups. In times past people only prized dainty lady-feet. What a JOKE. When you …
Heritage, Craft & Evolution: Surfboard Design
Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Greg Gorga, and artists John Comer and Renny Yater, talk bout the Heritage, Craft & Evolution: Surfboard Design 1885 – 1959 exhibit …
Fabulous Hindu Lamps
JE wrote that she found these lamps at her favorite thrift store, Destined for Grace, in Santa Barbara about four years ago. The tag on them read: “From a Hindu …
The Architecture of India
Dr. Allan Langdale discusses his A Summer Lecture Series: The Architecture of India presentations for the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Watch Video