Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 13 years ago.
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ontecito animal activist Gretchen Lieff and fiancé Miles Hartfeld had their romantic vacation to the Maldives and India cut short after President Donald Trump’s announcement about new travel measures fighting the spread of the coronavirus. “We found ourselves in the middle of the Indian Ocean on an island 200 miles north of the Equator,” says Gretchen. “We came for a romantic getaway, flying to the Maldives from LAX, via Singapore. “Singapore Airport was eerily quiet after a 17-hour flight, with us being greeted by white-suited garbed medical teams pointing thermal scanners Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld exchange vows in the Maldives
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Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld cut their vacation short after new travel measures were announced (photo by Priscilla)
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to catch anyone who might register an above normal temperature.” But the exotic itinerary was curtailed after Trump announced new restrictions. “As we were packing to leave Malé for Delhi the Indian government closed its border,” adds Gretchen. “We could have slipped in, but it appeared to be too dangerous at this point. The country has the potential of being the next coronavirus hotspot.” “We flew to the Maldives to share our love. We’ve done that and are so happy to have accomplished that. It’s so strange to have the love and peace of such a beautiful place in contrast to
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