Monte ito Miscellany - Lutah Maria Riggs Society

Monte ito
Miscellany
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York
to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York
magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and
moved to Montecito seven years ago.
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sailing yacht, the Maltese Falcon.
The magnificent 289-foot Italianbuilt vessel, which boasts 15 sails with
a sail area of 25,833 square-feet on
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fund tycoon Elena Ambrosiadou and
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hockey team. He formerly owned the
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can accommodate 12 guests, also has
another local connection in that it was
commissioned by venture capitalist
Maltese Falcon owner, Elena Ambrosiadou
Tom Perkins, a partner of Montecito’s
Frank Caufield in Kleiner, Perkins,
Caufield & Byers, a top investor in
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it up for $120 million when Perkins,
82, who was married to romance novelist Danielle Steel, put it on the market in 2009.
The cruise, says a friend of one of
the guests, started in Montenegro,
Croatia, with an itinerary of more than
a dozen islands in Greece, including
Mykonos and Santorini, ending in
Athens.
The Montecito contingent includ-
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ed Ed’s wife, Lin, former Morgan
Stanley trader and owner of the historic Val Verde estate; Pete Muller
and his wife, Jillian; fashion entrepreneur Jimmy Argyropoulos, a partner in Lucky’s with Herb Simon and
Gene Montesano; and financial whiz
Robert Fell and his ex-journalist wife,
Robin.
“The sails went up at every opportunity when conditions allowed,” says
my mole with the martini. “They were
reaching speeds of up to eighteen
knots. You can imagine how exhila-
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18)
tank top all the way up to a Roberto
Cavalli dress that she wore to the
Radio Disney Music Awards, priced
around $550.”
For Monday’s glittering gala, Dani
wants something “age appropriate.”
“I can’t take all the credit for her
final looks because the final say is
up to Mia,” adds Dani. “She knows
fashion, style and comfort, and does
an awesome job with the final result.”
But even at such a young age, Mia
is enjoying the advantages of being a
star. She gets to keep any of the outfits
she wears...
rating that must have been on such a
magnificent yacht. It was undoubtedly the trip of a lifetime!”...
Cover Girl
TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey,
currently sailing off the Spanish island
of Ibiza with longtime friend, CBS
morning show host Gayle King,
shows off her curvy figure in a longsleeved body suit for the cover of O,
The Oprah Magazine’s September issue.
“It was kind of exciting, but daunting,” says Oprah.
The 60-year-old admits that initially
she was “a little apprehensive” about
such a revealing cover.
“As Maya Angelou says in her
‘Phenomenal Woman’, ‘I’m not built
to suit a fashion model size,’” says
Oprah, referring to the late author’s
famous 1995 poem.
Still, she says she feels “pretty phenomenal” about the end result. “It’s
like pretending I’m a movie star,” she
confessed of embracing the dramatic
cat suit.
The media mogul is certainly no
stranger to showing off her figure on
the cover of her eponymous Hearst
glossy launched 14 years ago.
She wore a daring long-sleeve red
dress by Badgley Mischka on the magazine’s May cover to celebrate looking
good at 60.
“Call me crazy, but I’ve never really
Mia Talerico looking oh-so fashionable in a colorful dress by Italian designer Roberto Cavalli
Oprah wears a daringly tight cat suit for her new
magazine cover
understood our culture’s fear of getting older. The way I see it, every year
can be a brand-new journey,” she said
at the time.
“If you’re blessed enough to grow
older, there’s so much wisdom to be
gained from celebrating the process
with vibrancy and vigor and grace.”
My, Oh Mia
It’s not only adults who pull out all
the stops fashion-wise when they hit
the red carpet at major Hollywood
galas.
Take the case of five-year-old Santa
Barbara actress Mia Talerico, star
of the Disney hit show Good Luck
Charlie, which has been nominated for
a prime-time Emmy at the 66th annual
awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los
Angeles on Monday.
What to wear for such a major
event?
Dani Mackins, owner of Dani BOY
Kids, the Coast Village Road emporium for fashion-conscious youngsters,
has styled Mia since the store first
opened.
“Our relationship has grown into
working on her for special events
and red carpet premieres,” says Dani.
“As far as her red-carpet look, that
depends on the seasons. I like to try
to mix things up, from leggings and a
Critical Acclaim
Lutah, the documentary on Santa
Barbara architect Lutah Maria Riggs
that was such a hit at the Santa
Barbara International Film festival in
the New Year, has just been accepted
for the Napa Valley Film Festival in
November.
“They have a four-percent acceptance rate,” committee member
Robert Adams told guests at a reception at the George Washington Smith
home of Robert and Gretchen Lieff,
Los Suenos. “So far we haven’t been
declined by any of the fifteen film
festivals we’ve applied to, including
Denver, Vail, and Vancouver. It’s quite
an achievement.”
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Walter Bortz,
John Saladino,
Joe Knowles,
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UCSB is lending material from its
extensive archive and Lynn Brittner,
the museum’s new director, says they
even have cassette tapes featuring
Riggs’ voice, which are being digitized.
“We want to make the show really
vibrate!” she says.
Among those hearing the good news
were Walter Bortz, John Saladino,
Edie Caldwell, Corinna Gordon,
Hilary Burkemper, my Journal colleague Erin Graffy, Joe Knowles, Bob
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the theater’s sixty-year history,” says
Josh. “I am thrilled to be here. The
organization has a stellar reputation
and clearly is much respected in the
community. I look forward to a long
association.”
Josh Gren, Ensemble Theatre Company’s new marketing director
lion regional theatre.
“I was part of a team that oversaw
three record-breaking shows, including the highest-grossing musical in
Going for Gold
It was quite a turnout when Glen
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The popular event raised around
$35,000 for the pre-school auxiliary of the Assistance League of Los
Angeles, which helps youngsters
from low-income families with their
education needs.
“We began this more than three
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really thrive and help young kids form
different backgrounds,” says Glen.
Among the 100 divot-ees for the
cause were Cat Pollon, Beverley
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Geddes, Robert and Gretchen Lieff,
Dana Hansen, Chris and Mindy
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Montecito actor Rob Lowe must
be a happy man this week, having
backed a campaign to ban large cruise
ships from Venice’s historic center.
The Italian government has now
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Polaris (photo by Priscilla)
Currently the ships can pass within 1,000 feet of the iconic St. Mark’s
Square, granting stunning views to
those aboard, but dwarfing Venice’s
ancient Byzantine architecture.
Now, Italian ministers have reached
a unanimous decision to stop liners
of more than 96,000 tons from sailing
in St. Mark’s basin and the Giudecca
Canal – the waterway that separates
the main core of Venice from the island
of Giudecca, immediately to the south.
Rob was among a number of celebrities, including Michael Douglas,
Cate Blanchett, Diane Lane, Michael
Caine, Edward Norton, Julie Christie,
Susan Sarandon, and Isabella
Rossellini, who added their signatures to a petition calling for an end to
the sight of liners dwarfing buildings
such as St. Mark’s Basilica.
Transport minister Maurizio Lupi
says: “It seems to me to be a balanced
solution, which takes into account our
duty to remove the liners from the
canals of Venice, while safeguarding
a world heritage city that is the envy
of the world and protecting the city’s
economy, which is so linked to cruise
tourism.”
Racing on the High Seas
There was a lot of sailing brewing
at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club when
local mariners vied for the historic Sir
Thomas Lipton Cup, one of the oldest
sea racing trophies on the West Coast.
The impressive three-foot-high solid
silver trophy was presented to the
club in 1923 by Scottish tea magnate
and America’s Cup yachtsman, Sir
Thomas Lipton, and raced for this
year by 11 Star class 23-foot boats in
several races staged over two consecutive days.
I was in the midst of the first day’s
frenetic seven back-to-back races on
the 57-foot cruiser, Polaris, owned by
2010 commodore and local philan-
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to winners
Eric Doyle
and Payson
Infelise
(photo by
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thropist Roger Chrisman, which was
being used as the starting boat, along
with Kathleen Baushke, John Long,
and Doug Ewins, 2000 staff commodore, with Dave Young as regatta
chair.
This year, the coveted trophy was
carried off by San Diego Yacht Club
members Eric Doyle – 1999 world
champion – and his crewman, Payson
Infelise, sailing a flawless second day
of action after an iffy first day with
two first and second finishes before
breaking a halyard, which relegated
them to last in the final race of the
debut day, which featured 18-knot
winds.
The trophy also features the name of
fellow San Diego YC member Dennis
Conner – who won the America’s Cup
four times – etched at its base three
times, as well as another three-time
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reader, staying here for the summer to
avoid the oppressive Texan humidity,
informs me. “You get everywhere!”
I wonder if this entitles me to a
discount on my admission from the
owners, the Earl and Countess of
Carnarvon, the next time I visit the
Hampshire stately pile?...
Millions for ‘Mobiles
Montecito billionaire Craig McCaw,
who used to own the world’s most
expensive car, having purchased an
apple-green 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO,
made for British racing driver Stirling
Moss, two years ago for $35 million, is
rapidly being eclipsed.
A similar model from the same year
has just been snapped up by an anonymous buyer for $38.1 million in a sale
organized by Bonham’s auction house
21 – 28 August 2014
Robert Wexler,
museum
president Larry
Feinberg, and
Karen Chin take
a bicycle ride to
nowhere (photo
by Priscilla)
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On a personal note, I remember the
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When I lived in Manhattan’s
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Tribute to the Mama of Dada
It was certainly a most eccentric evening when the Santa Barbara Museum
of Art hosted its popular Atelier event,
inspired by its current exhibitions,
including “Living in the Timeless” by
Beatrice Wood.
Drawing on the avant-garde spirit
of Wood, also known as the Mama of
Dada, the crowded playful evening
of art, music, dance, and interactive
installations was designed to celebrate West Coast individuality and
edge.
Highlights of the evening included the Dada Disco, featuring local
ballet and modern dancers choreographed by Robin Bisio and Kaita
Lepre Mrazek, performing reinterpretations of the Ballets Russes’ 1917
production of “Parade,” and a bicycle
trip to nowhere, featuring a circular
bike, linking salvaged bikes in an
unconventional carousel.
A most ingenious night...
21 – 28 August 2014
Bacall, one of the last movie icons of
Hollywood’s golden age, would turn
up often to practice her dance moves
with friends, including Oscar winner
Robert Duvall, who excelled at the
tango.
She made her home at the Dakota,
the imposing apartment building
overlooking Central Park where John
Lennon was murdered by a deranged
fan in 1980, while I was partying at
the Costume Design Institute gala at
the Metropolitan Museum, just a short
distance away on Fifth Avenue.
I last saw her while having lunch at
the achingly trendy Fred Segal store in
Santa Monica some years back, where
we caught up on past times.
A most charming and swellegant
lady, who will be much missed...
Sightings: Actor-director Clint
Eastwood checking out apartments at
El Escorial near East Beach... Basketball
legend Michael Jordan and six friends
playing two rounds of fast-paced golf
at Sandpiper... Ellen DeGeneres in
her silver-grey Porsche shopping at
Pierre Lafond
Pip! Pip!
Readers with tips, sightings and
other amusing item for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richard
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Kaita Mrazek and Tina Villadolid at SBMA’s Atelier
event (photo by Priscilla)
in Monterey.
The car in question, known as 3851
GT, is the only 250 GTO to be involved
in a fatal car accident when Olympic
skiing champion Henri Oreiller was
killed in 1962, when he crashed the car
while doing 100 mph at an autodrome
near Paris.
Bidding started at $10 million,
reaching its selling price in just 15
frenzied minutes.
Craig – owner of the new Oliver’s
restaurant on Coast Village Road and
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