JOURNAL
Eagles & Flags
26 JUNE – 3 JULY 2025 | VOL 31 ISS 26 www.montecitojournal.net
Voice of theV illage
SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA Monarch of the Sky – Thousands of winged mischiefmakers surround a crowd… Is it Hitchcock or the Museum of Natural History’s acclaimed exhibit? P.22
Semana Nautica – Bring your volleyballs, little wooden boats, and water polo gear… the nearly hundred-year-old event is here, P.29
photo by Emma Matthews
Mind Metre
Côte d’Azur Chic – Visit the other riviera for some Provençal indulgence – frolic your way through flower markets, azure seas, and rosé, P.19
Help this scout get his wings by retiring an old flag, page 12
Brown Kicking Ash
Looking back with Sheriff Brown at the not-so-quite ragtag crew that came together for the first Kick Ash Bash event, page 6
Snares… cymbals… hi-hats…
how about a 2,000-pound bronze tête? Get into the mind of percussionist-composer Andy Akiho (Story starts on page 5)
103 Years Young
Jean McDermott Ferguson was here for the 1925 earthquake, 1942 shelling of Ellwood Oil Fields, and more of our past, page 18
h is better at the ranch... bruncIndulge in Mimosas, TY Bellinis
and a divine brunch menu on the ocean-view terrace saturday and sunday
san ysidro ranch 805.504.1961