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Contributors
Matthew Mazza
is a Santa Barbara-
based business
litigation attorney who
graduated from Boalt
Hall… Wait. Strike that.
Let’s begin again.
Matt was a lawyer
up until June 2011,
when he (irresponsibly,
inexplicably) closed
up shop and left
Montecito with his
wife and kids to travel
around the world
and to consider
his “professional
trajectory and options
going forward.” While
it is true he may in fact
return to the halls of justice someday, Matt is presently at large somewhere on
Earth furiously scribbling his next column or blog entry in crayon on the back of his
four-year-old’s tattered coloring book.
Ivy Dai
is a chef and
food writer. She trained
in France and at the
Cordon Bleu College
of Culinary Arts. The
L.A. native is currently a
pastry chef at the Ojai
Valley Inn Resort and
Spa. She is also founder
of Dragon Dinners,
cooking classes for
home cooks in Santa
Barbara. Her articles
have been published
in the L.A. Daily News
and Time Out Beijing.
Dai has also appeared
on Food Network’s
Cupcake Wars. For
more observations on
food and info on her
next class, visit her blog
at ivyeats.com.
Melynda Coble Harrison
lives at the end of Paradise Valley in
Livingston, Montana. She is a freelance writer, mother
of two wild boys, crazy about playing outside and an
advocate for connecting children and nature. She
is the author of Ski Trails of Southwest Montana and
the upcoming Ski and Snowshoe Trails In and Around
Yellowstone. She blogs at yourwildchild.com.
Kelly Mahan
has been managing editor of Montecito Journal (Weekly)
since 2008. She moved to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB
where she received her degree in political science. Kelly
found her niche in journalism interning with a local TV
station covering local interest stories including the Santa
Barbara International Film Festival and major wildfires. Kelly
has also worked several red carpet events including the
Golden Globes, American Music Awards, and Academy of
Country Music Awards. In the mornings, she can be found
pursuing another passion: teaching Pilates.
Hattie Beresford
is a native of the Netherlands and received her
Bachelor’s degree and teaching credential from University
of California Santa Barbara. She taught English and
American history for the Santa Barbara School District for
many years and retired from teaching in 2004. When she
is not immersed in some dusty tome, she can be found on
the tennis courts, hiking trails, or out on a kayak marveling
at the dolphins. She and her husband, former Dos Pueblos
volleyball coach Mike Beresford, are avid campers and
travelers.
Lynn P. Kirst
continues her “Landmarks” series about noteworthy
Montecito sites with the first of a two-part article on the
Santa Barbara Cemetery. An avid traveler who tends to
visit burial grounds wherever she goes, Lynn is particularly
interested in cemetery sculpture and historic headstones.
She has visited burial sites in China, South America, Europe,
México, Canada, and throughout the United States.
A fourth-generation Californian who grew up in Montecito,
Lynn holds a degree in Art History from the University of
Southern California and a Graduate Certificate in Historic
Preservation from the USC School of Architecture. She is a
freelance writer on a variety of subjects.
James Buckley
, founder/publisher of Montecito Journal (Weekly), is
an avid golfer who has allowed his love of the game
to get in the way of his other avocation: writing and
publishing a mystery-suspense series, based upon the life,
foibles, exploits and discoveries of an editor of a weekly
newspaper in a small upscale community on the California
coast.
Randy Arnowitz
is a gardener, horticulturist, and writer. He particularly
enjoys working with roses and orchids, and relishes spending
the day with his golden retriever, Peaches, who faithfully
accompanies him in the field. Randy has written for the
Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara News-Press,
and is currently a garden columnist for Montecito Journal.
He is also featured in the spring edition of Weird N.J.