Bringing It ALL BACK HOME
Sienna Miller’s Edie Sedgwick Premieres as the S.B. Film Fest Opener
As far as myths go, she was undeniably our biggest export. Look on the Internet: Young women still dress like Edie Sedgwick and hold parties in her honor. Maybe she came from old money and became a 1960s East Coast It Girl, but she also came from a Santa Barbara ranch and her meteorite-bright life ended in an I.V. apartment one night in 1970 after she’d attended a Santa Barbara Museum of Art society party. She was 28.
Our own Epiphany serves as the setting for an episode of the Bravo reality series Top Chef that airs Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 10 p.m.
J’Amy provides the lowdown on recent leadership changes in Montecito, including the death of Rob Puddicombe, who served on the water district board for years. Also, J’Amy drops some timely rumors about Tom Cruise coming to the film fest, Thomas Friedman’s possible visit to the village, and much, much more. In this updated edition, J’Amy learns from Supervisor Salud Carbajal why the county supes call for discussion of MPC members has been rescinded.
You probably missed the editorial in today’s N-P that explained why the paper’s management has repeatedly avoided talking to “certain media trying to exploit the transitional period at the newspaper.” It’s clearly a response to yesterday’s article in the New York Times. Here’s why it raises more questions than answers and why the SB Media Blog is now hosting a Be-a-Reporter contest to tell the story from the News-Press‘ perspective.
When the 2007 installment of PhotoLA gets underway at the 
When the beer fairy drops off a bottle of Telegraph Winter Ale on the author’s desk, he’s pretty sure it’ll be just another overspiced holiday brew. But upon further investigation, he finds the ale to be one of the best of its sort, and can’t wait for more.
