JOURNAL
From Corporate to Couture - Kristen d’Offay’s
pivot to sustainable “slow fashion” is the stuff of elegant self-reinvention, p. 16
The Webster X Nahmias - clothing collection
– comprising cotton T-shirts, hoodies, and sweatpants – sets up shop at Rosewood Miramar Beach, p. 36
SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA 10 – 17 AUG 2023 | VOL 29 ISS 32 | www.montecitojournal.net
The Giving List
The Granada presents a new Synergy Series and relaunches Roar & Pour, p. 43
Reports of Montecito Being Exclusive to the Newly Wed and Nearly Dead Turn Out to Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Editorial by Gwyn Lurie
L
ast week I wrote about the long demise of the Santa Barbara News-Press and the poignance that the final chapter of its tortured story turned out to be Chapter 7. And I touched on the irreplaceable role local news plays in a robust, functioning democracy. A recent piece in the notably not-local New York Times on the “meaning” of Montecito entitled “What Is It About Montecito?” is a cautionary tale illustrating the perils of a distant media giant attempting to define our narrative versus home-grown, boots-on-the-ground local reporting. As of today, The New York Times has issued four (and counting) corrections to their “What Is It About Montecito” story, which was forwarded to me by essentially my entire contacts list. The NYT reporter, Amy Larocca, didn’t even get Montecito’s geography right, to give you some idea of the
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First Responder
Montecito Fire Chief David Neels and his team are our friends, neighbors, and smiling sentries. Our leafy, occasionally beleaguered village is in good hands, page 8
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