Exhibition Dates September 10th – October 4th, 2010

Artist Reception:  Friday, September 10th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Catered by Nu Cuisine

Janice Daily is the founder of the CaliBunka movement adding new life and originality to this vibrant art form.The unique art form of Bunka Embroidery originated in Japan at the end of the Taisho era, (1910). This art form, created using needle and thread, resemble paintings, hence, “painting with thread”. 

Local artist Liz Brady will bring her most recent paintings composed of simple plants and revealing the intricate patterns of plant life as seen under the microscope.  She paints with oil and graphite on wood panels so she can scratch, sand and layer the surface multiple times.

The still-life arrangements  created by Paige Patterson Wilson are a reflection of her uncanny ability to observe and translate, using only paint, the illusion of depth and dimension through space, form, light, color and texture onto a flat surface.

Celebrating art + people.  Featuring new artists on the 2nd Friday of each month, hosted by the Tennis Club of Santa Barbara.

2nd FRIDAYS ART at TCSB

2375 Foothill Road, Santa Barbara, CA  93105

Gallery Hours: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m., Daily

(805) 682-4722

Gallery Contact:  amber@tennisclubofsantabarbara.com

]]> http://www.sbdigs.com/2nd-fridays-art-at-tcsb/feed http://www.sbdigs.com/grace-design-associates-santa-barbara-container-gardens http://www.sbdigs.com/grace-design-associates-santa-barbara-container-gardens#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:41:13 +0000 nancys http://www.sbdigs.com/?p=14537 Award-winning landscape designer Margie Grace, owner of Grace Design Associates in Santa Barbara, says this is the perfect time to spruce up your garden with easy-to-maintain container gardens. (...)]]> Award-winning landscape designer Margie Grace, owner of Grace Design Associates in Santa Barbara, says this is the perfect time to spruce up your garden with easy-to-maintain container gardens.

“Container plantings add height and pops of color during the autumn and winter seasons,” says Margie.  “Now is a perfect time to plant new containers, as the weather cools and summer plants get ready to hibernate.”

Here’s some inspiration to get you started…

Add a punch of color and flavor with edibles…

 Pick up an accent color from the surrounding plantings in the color of the pot for a dramatic note…

Tall plantings in a tall container gracefully transition the vertical plane of these walls to the horizontal plane of the adjacent patio…

Containers can be architectural elements, which set the tone and style for the rest of the garden…

 Think outside the pot! Just about anything can be adapted to contain soil and plants…

And, finally, pots aren’t just for planting anymore – use them for fountains and reflective bowls…

Margie Grace is an internationally award-winning landscape designer. 

Call 805-687-3569 to schedule a design consultation.

To view a selection of Grace Design Associates landscape projects:

www.gracedesignassociates.com

Located in the charming coastal community of Cayucos, just 2 hours away from Santa Barbara, The Cass House Inn features five luxuriously appointed guest rooms, beautiful gardens, an intimate dining room, and views of the ocean.The restaurant features seasonally inspired prix fixe menus and an extensive wine list.

Cayucos is a sleepy little California beach town with some great hot spots…the best of both worlds. The small surf town of Cayucos has remained surprisingly protected from over-development and touristy hype, despite the wine country to the east and pristine, sandy beaches to the west.

Built in 1867 and meticulously restored in 2007, The Cass House Inn features five luxurious guest rooms with private baths, Anichini bed & bath linens, meandering gardens and ocean views. The Paso Robles Wine Country is only 20 minutes away.

Grace Lorenzen manages the inn and the restaurant is overseen by Grace’s husband, ChefJensen Lorenzen.The elegant dining room and warm atmosphere of The Cass House Restaurant is perfect for a romantic evening or a casual gathering of friends and family.

Wine and cheese is served in the afternoon. A full gourmet breakfast is included with your stay, consisting of homemade pastries, specialty egg dishes, and fresh fruit sourced from the inn’s garden and local farmer’s markets.

 photos courtesy of Rob Stark Photography

The Cass Historic Inn & Restaurant

222 N. Ocean Avenue, Cayucos, Ca 93430

805.995.3669

To make reservations for the Inn or Restaurant: www.casshouseinn.com

]]> http://www.sbdigs.com/the-cass-house-inn-and-restaurant-cayucos/feed http://www.sbdigs.com/classic-spanish-on-west-beach http://www.sbdigs.com/classic-spanish-on-west-beach#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:29:43 +0000 nancys http://www.sbdigs.com/?p=14420 One block from Santa Barbara beaches, this classic 1930’s Spanish house has a detached 3-car garage and 2 gorgeous, private studios built above.The present owner has honored this exceptional property by renovating and remodeling with excellent taste and attention to detail.Listed with Bridget Murphy and Paul Suding of Village Properties. (...)]]> One block from Santa Barbara beaches, this classic 1930’s Spanish house has a detached 3-car garage and 2 gorgeous, private studios built above.The present owner has honored this exceptional property by renovating and remodeling with excellent taste and attention to detail.Listed with Bridget Murphy and Paul Suding of Village Properties.

The main house exudes early Santa Barbara style and offers 2 bedrooms, a large bathroom, hardwood floors, a charming fireplace, dining room, laundry room and a lovely kitchen. Each studio has two balconies, one on the north side and one on the south side where you can catch peeks of the ocean. The studios have gleaming wood floors in the main rooms, vintage tile work and radiant heat floors in the bathrooms and beautiful state-of-the-art kitchens.

Between the main house and the studios/garages is an inviting terrace and romantic courtyard with lush landscaping and flagstone patio. Views of majestic palm trees can be appreciated from many vantages. This is the most charming palm-lined block of West Beach with an abundance of Mediterranean-style properties replete with white-washed walls and clay tile roofs. Unusual for beachside neighborhoods, this property has a 3-car garage and room for an additional 4 cars to have off-street parking.

 CLASSIC SPANISH WEST BEACH, SANTA BARBARA

Listed with Bridget Murphy & Paul Suding of Village Properties.

Visit the website for more listings:

www.CoolSantaBarbaraHomes.com

 805.886.1300

email: bridget@villagesite.com
paul@villagesite.com  

Carbon2Cobalt founder Matt Cooper grew up in Santa Barbara and returned to find employment here after four years of college in Colorado. He connected with Bruce Willard, the founder of The Territory Ahead, just as he was starting the business in 1990, and remained for 18 years, working in various capacities from inventory planning to merchandise design and as co-president when Bruce left the business in 1999.

“About two years ago, I decided to design and launch a new brand with an eye on the details and craftsmanship of design. I also wanted to make clothing that was closer to my heart and that I would wear. The Carbon2Cobalt name actually came to me while on a hike in Rattlesnake Canyon. Seeing the amazing details of the plants, rocks, and trees around me, I wanted the name to be elemental and part of the natural environment” Matt explains.

“Growing up in Santa Barbara I was used to year-round views of the cobalt skies and ocean and being on a hike in the foothills put me right next to the solid nature of carbon in the rock formations. I also liked that carbon is the building block of life and I was yearning to build a men’s collection that utilized the building blocks of a good wardrobe by taking the staples and making them special through attention to fabric, cut and trims.”

The business was launched this spring, with a catalog, along with easy, online ordering available on the Carbon2Cobalt website. The fall, 2010 season catalog will be released at the end of August.

Visit the website for online ordering:

www.carbon2cobalt.com

The clean lines of the space (once the supply room for the motel) provide an ideal backdrop for a brilliant selection of clothing,  Make.Smith leather wallets and pouches, and jewelry from local designers including Camilla Bourbon.

                                        Photos courtesy of Nancy Neil

The Supply Room

Presido Motel  1620 State Street, Santa Barbara   805.963.1355

Visit the website:

www.thepresidiomotel.com

This is a home with possibly no equal. Throughout the last century there has been a few great buildings that defined modernism and inspired a generation to imagine what is possible not only within architecture but as a society as a whole. Mies Van Der Roh’s Barcelona Pavilion and Farnsworth house, as well as Phillip Johnson’s glass house were these type of defining structures. Now,  Steve Hermann’s Glass Pavilion takes the architectural tenants of these greats and catapults these concepts into the new millennium.

 Set within a 3.5+/- acre estate of oak groves in Montecito and boasting 14,000+/- sq. ft. under roof, this home is impressive beyond words. An almost entirely glass home it allows occupants to be comfortably inside while completely enveloped within nature. As you drive down the long gated driveway, it slowly comes into view. You are immediately confronted with a large all glass home, floating above gently rolling lawns. The site of it is awe-inspiring.

Through the use of massive structural steel beams, the home is able to appear weightless as it hovers above an expansive lawn. No expense has been spared during the six years that it took to complete this groundbreaking structure. All of the large glass panels are Star Fire glass, an incredibly clear glass usually reserved for jewelry displays. Its kitchen and baths are by such famous names as Varena, Poliform and Antonio Lupi. In each category the best and most exciting products from around the world were sourced to make this home flawless in each category. The home has five bedrooms, five and a half baths, grand hallway and large wine room. The glass pavilion includes an art gallery where the owner currently displays their vintage car collection. The space is so generous that it is capable of holding up to 32 cars within its walnut lined walls.

Photography-Jim Bartsch 

The Glass Pavilion  $35,000,000 

Listing Agent- Suzanne Perkins

Sotheby’s International Realty, Montecito, CA

Visit the Website:

www.suzanneperkins.com

Stonemark was the construction manager for three for three Santa Barbara  churches.  They managed the historical exterior and bell tower renovations for Our Lady of Sorrows Church on East Sola Street as well as upgrades to the adjoining Notre Dame School.  They coordinated the complete interior renovations for San Roque Church, including a creative, cost-effective solution to renovating and preserving the original, 75-year old stained glass windows in the Sanctuary.  The have also performed project management for St. Joseph’s Church in Carpinteria. 

Stonemark has performed project management for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’s Parishes since 1998.  They have championed physical conditions assessments, master planning, preconstruction and construction activities for many churches and their schools at every stage of development, design and construction.  Stonemark is currently performing project management for eight churches of varying denominations throughout southern California, including master planning for a $12 million new Church in Santa Clarita.  They are also performing master planning and entitlement services for a $35 million Buddhist Hermitage and Meditation Center in upstate New York. 

Stonemark was the project manager for the first LEED accredited project for the Archdiocese of LA. St. Jerome Church in Culver City has been awarded LEED Silver Certification. This project had essential features that fit very well into the LEED criteria, namely that an existing building was to be re-used, without extensive demolition of structural elements, and without creating new parking and extensive site work.  The building was also re-roofed, utilizing as much as possible of the old roofing material with the new.

St. Jerome Pastor, “We are very pleased that we made the hall “green”.  I hope it will be an inspiration to others when they renovate their buildings.”

LEED is a performance-oriented system where points are earned for satisfying criteria designed to address specific environmental impacts i.e., energy savings through efficient lighting.  In the LEED building certification process, the project team actively works towards designing and building a structure that provides a healthy environment for its occupants and is eco-friendly.  As the prime LEED consultant for the St. Jerome project, Stonemark directed this process, and coordinated the design, engineering and consultant teams on requirements for certification, recommendations on LEED credits to achieve including relative costs and efforts involved. 

Better Process

Stonemark Construction Management is a professional Construction Management / Owner’s Representative firm with extensive experience in providing professional construction management services to a diverse client base including luxury custom home and estate work, not-for-profit, religious, commercial and multi-family residential.  They customize their services to guide and educate their Clients throughout the design and construction process.  Stonemark provides high level supervision, business, risk management and cost control expertise, and coordinates relationships, budgets and contracts.  Results are higher quality, shortened schedules, and reduced costs and liability.   

Large commercial projects are managed by professional construction managers and Stonemark believes every project deserves and benefits from the same attention.  Stonemark gives owners confidence that the entire team is looking after their best interests. 

Stonemark Construction Management

805.676.3500

Bart Mendel, LEED AP, President

Jacklyn Wolf, Client Relations

Stonemark is rated the #1 Owners Representative in the Franklin Report.

http://www.franklinreport.com/Writeup.aspx?v=10523

For more information visit the website:

www.stonemarkcm.com

CHEF DANNY DOUGLAS completed his education at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco.

Over the course of a decade, Chef Douglas has worked for some of the most renowned restaurants and chefs in the world, including San Francisco’s Jardinere, Paris’ Guy Savoy, New York’s Eleven Madison Park and Le-Bernardin, under Chef Eric Ripert.

Most recently, Chef Douglas has enjoyed working at Santa Barbara local favorites Hungry Cat and Duo Events. He now owns and operates his own event production and catering business.

Danny Douglas Catering

805.722.7040

info@dannydouglascatering.com

Visit the website:

www.dannydouglascatering.com

Mediterranee Antiques and Garden Décor has moved to 2500 Lillie Avenue in Summerland. The beautiful 12,000 square foot space is two blocks south of the previous location.

Mediterranee will continue to offer a unique selection of Garden Fountains and Architectural pieces as well as a wide variety of Spanish, French and Italian Antiques. Lighting, accessories and art will also be featured at the new store.

 Interior accessories include silver mirrors and frames from Peru, santos from Brazil, religious artifacts and other collectables that fit into Santa Barbara’s Spanish influenced style.

 In the garden, gazebos, fountains, sub-tropical plants and antique architectural elements are on display, against the backdrop of Mediterranee’s exclusive line of limestone fountains imported directly from France.

                                                 Photos courtesy of Nancy Neil

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NOW OPEN at the New Location:

2500 Lillie Avenue

Summerland, CA

805.695.0910

Hours Tuesday through Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm

Closed Sunday and Monday

Visit the website:

http://mediterraneeantiques.com