I think I was probably born, but possibly a tiny baby and left at home… I see other friends there who were a little older, and maybe that’s Leslie as a baby in a lap? (Didn’t know about the BMX tracks!)
Very evocative. It was that low key and fabulous simultaneously.
My mother was a woman called Beverley Jackson. We
moved to Montecito when I was four. Going back to my 50th reunion at Laguna Blanca next week.
My mother was pretty well known as she wrote the social column for the News Press for decades. And was one of the more colorful characters in Montecito for 60 plus years.
I’ve blogged a bit about old Montecito.Done a few pieces for Santa Barbara Magazine.
In the 60 plus years my family was there it’s never changed as much as it has since COVID.
You can’t leave out Daphne’s dad’s restaurant Irelands. The center of activity for years. Or Nippers. If you’re going to grab the 70s. And all of us who practically lived at what was then the affordable Coral Casino. The stories are endless as you know.
You might want to check out my mom’s archive at the historical society.
Thank you for this lovely note. I met your mother in 2017 and of course fell hard for her. I will certainly take your suggestion of the archives! And I loved your tribute to her in SB Magazine — I am the only child of a similarly larger than life femme fatale mother so I feel a kinship with you. Please message me when you are next in Cito. XO
Oh, what lovely thing this column is......I adore it. It captures everything about MOntecito I saw growing up visiting! When I was sent to boarding school in the East, I had to buy all. my clothes at Tweeds and Weeds, even though we lived in Pasadena!
Love this!! Such wonderful times with Leslie ❤️ And I spy both my parents in the wonderful picnic photo!
oh wow really! Before you were born? The 80 Acres is so seductive an idea. I heard there were BMX tracks too.
I think I was probably born, but possibly a tiny baby and left at home… I see other friends there who were a little older, and maybe that’s Leslie as a baby in a lap? (Didn’t know about the BMX tracks!)
Wonderful memories together Daphne! I see your parents and some other great local characters here too. XO
Oh, Leslie they were the best of times!! I remember getting on your horse behind you and riding down Park Lane… xo🩷
Very evocative. It was that low key and fabulous simultaneously.
My mother was a woman called Beverley Jackson. We
moved to Montecito when I was four. Going back to my 50th reunion at Laguna Blanca next week.
My mother was pretty well known as she wrote the social column for the News Press for decades. And was one of the more colorful characters in Montecito for 60 plus years.
I’ve blogged a bit about old Montecito.Done a few pieces for Santa Barbara Magazine.
In the 60 plus years my family was there it’s never changed as much as it has since COVID.
You can’t leave out Daphne’s dad’s restaurant Irelands. The center of activity for years. Or Nippers. If you’re going to grab the 70s. And all of us who practically lived at what was then the affordable Coral Casino. The stories are endless as you know.
You might want to check out my mom’s archive at the historical society.
Thank you for this lovely note. I met your mother in 2017 and of course fell hard for her. I will certainly take your suggestion of the archives! And I loved your tribute to her in SB Magazine — I am the only child of a similarly larger than life femme fatale mother so I feel a kinship with you. Please message me when you are next in Cito. XO
I love this - I grew up in the very same old sweet montecito and raised my son there- rode
my horse on the rural roads and mountain trails- such a golden time to live there
I am enchanted with this idea of the horses in the village mix. It seems strange that that aspect of Montecito has changed.
It has changed out here in syv too - not safe to ride roads - and then Earl Warren closing to horses is the final straw
Oh my I didn’t know that!!
I Magnin with my grandmother as a girl and her St. Johns knits.
Oh wow. Lovely. And I bet she made breakfast with her grapefruit knife!
Oh, what lovely thing this column is......I adore it. It captures everything about MOntecito I saw growing up visiting! When I was sent to boarding school in the East, I had to buy all. my clothes at Tweeds and Weeds, even though we lived in Pasadena!
This is beautifully, lovingly written. Thank you.