Shaking up Montecito
ColumnsFor the past few years, hedge fund managers were quietly filling in the gaps of their classic car collections, while the headlines oozing from around Montecito’s stone walls were largely celebrity dustups. Revelation of actor Rob Lowe’s already public address sparked major upheaval at the Santa Barbara News-Press. Julia Louis-Dreyfus took her best shots at Read More →
September conferences forecast Ventura Co. real estate market
ColumnsYou won’t have to wait long to get the scoop on Ventura County’s housing market. September’s conferences will fill in all the gaps. • First up is the 2009 Ventura County Economic Outlook Conference, slated for Sept. 10 at the Westlake Hyatt. Economist Mark Schniepp will have a forecast for not only the housing market Read More →
Scrapbook store records its own last chapter
UncategorizedThe recession can claim another small business victim with the closure of Santa Barbara Scrapbooks. But its owner is not looking back to pick up the pieces. Instead she’s closing this chapter of her life and moving on to the next. Barbara Bartolomè started her scrapbook store six years ago on a whim. Her experience Read More →
Big picture architecture
UncategorizedTheir philosophy is best summed up in the words of Wallace Stevens’ 1928 poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” I. Among twenty snowy mountains The only moving thing Was the eye of a blackbird “In these [thirteen] short, haiku-like stanzas, he creates depth and space with an economy of means,” said Read More →
