Below are links to friends’ web sites, favorite sites of mine to visit and local organizations that I am involved with. Enjoy.
Adesso, which means “now” or “in the moment” in Italian, is a jewelry line created by my friend and Santa Barbara artist Samantha Goldstone. Samantha has been making jewelry since childhood and recently committed herself to designing full-time. Samantha has traveled extensively over the last decade and has found that her local and far-away journeys influence her inspiration, materials and design. She finds treasures on each trip that are incorporated into her jewelry, making every piece unique with its own story.
Chef Kim Schiffer is my hero in an apron and gives me the confidence to make whatever my heart desires, no matter how challenging. Her philosophy of making everything from scratch, and I mean everything — from mayo and cheese to pickles and ice cream — with as many local ingredients as possible, has been influential on my cooking and my philosophy on life.
Check out Maili Halme Brocke’s blog for more insights into the life of this busy mom, chef-caterer and volunteer.
Matt Walla is a photographer and filmmaker based out of Santa Barbara, California. You’ve seen some of his work right here on the Eat-Drink-Garden web site!
My friend Merryl Brown is a local Santa Barbara event planner that specializes in elegant social and corporate events as well as weddings that are both environmentally sensitive and beautiful.
101 Cookbooks is a healthy recipe journal published by Heidi Swanson. She focuses primarily on natural, whole foods and ingredients – vegetarian recipes that are good for you and for the planet.
www.greenopia.com/SB Directory of eco-friendly retailers, services, and organizations in the Santa Barbara area.
www.letsgochipper.com Award winning eco-educational children’s books, movies and music.
Few of Montecito’s fabled estates have remained essentially unchanged. An exception is the Casa del Herrero which has been in the hands of the original family since it was first constructed over seventy five years ago. The Casa is noted as one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Dream Foundation, founded in Santa Barbara in 1994 by Thomas Rollerson, is the first national wish granting organization for adults suffering life-threatening illness.
Storyteller Children’s Center provides quality, tuition-free early childhood education for homeless and at-risk children in Santa Barbara County, as well as comprehensive support services for their families.
