JOURNAL
The Giving List
3 – 10 OCTOBER 2024 | VOL 30 ISS 40 www.montecitojournal.net
Voice of theV illage
SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA
In Vino Veritas – Discover the true reason this area’s wines thrive at the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival, page 35
The Quilting Age – A quilt over 100 years in the making will grace the upcoming show at Earl Warren, P.30
Sansum & Sutter – One year into their historic partnership, vital signs are great, page 5
Heart Pumping Paint – The need for adrenaline is questioned during a round of paintball, P.33
Via Vai Meets Studio 44 Lotusland Forever
Ganna Walska’s iconic botanic garden looks to its future and beyond with its new capital campaign, page 14
Carlos Pillado left his village in Argentina, trekking 6,451 miles to San Francisco, Art, Pane e Vino, Via Vai, and the rest of his life. On October 11, Studio 44 explains all (Story starts on page 6)
More Miramar
Hotelier Bob Hazard scrutinizes the expansion and the history of the Miramar, P.24
cocktails and clairvoyance Halloween night in the speakeasy
join us for an evening of magic and mystery where haunting decorations, spellbinding cocktail specials, and mystical psychic readings await october 31st starting at 5pm one night only in the speakeasy
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