Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina
We just kicked off the summer in style with a stunning performance by the international circus troupe called , CIRCUS VARGAS! So many great performances with high-flying acrobats, talented archers (using their feet!), the modern clown, amazing aerialists and daredevils performing death-defying acts that will keep you at the edge …
Read More »Director Leslie Zemeckis for “GRANDE HORIZONTALES” -Santa Barbara International Film Festival -March 2022 Interview by Roxanna Bina
Premiering at the 37th Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival From the award-winning director Leslie Zemeckis of Bound by Flesh, Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer and Behind the Burly Q comes a documentary about the lives, loves and enduring influence of the Grandes Horizontales. A never before in-depth look at the culture of the courtesan. Why did …
Read More »Dior Pop-Up at The Rosewood Miramar, Santa Barbara, CA
🌊DIOR is in town! Check out the DIOR Pop-Up at the manicured Rosewood Miramar – open until Labor Day! One of the 18 DIOR pop-up shops around the world, look out for lots of exclusive items, including hot pink Dior monogram-print items in luxurious neoprene and much more! 💖📷: Emmanuel …
Read More »” THE HAUNTED SWORDSMAN”- Santa Barbara Film Festival 2020
When a passionate puppet animator meets Lisa Henson, daughter of legendary Jim Henson (The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Sesame Streets) you get a fantastic visionary endeavor: the short film ‘The Haunted Swordsman’ which just played at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. We sat down with director and puppet master Kevin …
Read More »“THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE” -Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020
The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival just completed another splendid year with an amazing programming of mesmerizing features and inspiring documentaries. One of these documentaries that caught my interest was the American project written, produced and directed by two maverick men: Darroch Greer and Paul Glenshaw. Their film, ‘The …
Read More »POLO: THE ART OF RIDING LIFE
In Tibetan, the name Polo means “brave wanderer”. The game of Polo actually came from Central Asia and it was first played in Persia (Iran) between the 6thcentury B.C. to the 1stcentury B.C. Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king’s guard or other elite troops. From …
Read More »An Irish Christmas at The Granada Theater in Santa Barbara!
What an enchanting evening it was seeing “An Irish Christmas” by Kerry Irish Productions at the ornate Granada Theater! Old and new Irish traditions were weaved together on stage in the form of dance, music and storytelling. “Folk theater is the protector,the interpreter, the narrator, the pulse and the heartbeat …
Read More »Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux – Arlington Theatre – March 17, 2017 at 8pm
THE TWO GODDESSES OF SOUL IN CONCERT IN SANTA BARBARA!! Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux – Arlington Theatre – March 17, 2017 at 8pm Once in a lifetime you get the opportunity to meet pure geniuses such as the talented Rickie Lee Jones (http://www.rickieleejones.com ) and Madeleine Peyroux (http://madeleinepeyroux.com …
Read More »I Got My Hair ‘Did’!
If you’re ever in Santa Barbara, CA , you must visit the master hair stylist Xavier Scordo at The Josè Eber Salon inside the luxurious Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel! He made my bland mommy hair into VA-VA -VA -VOOM in under an hour! I was having one of those days …
Read More »The Wedding of the CENTURY! Mr. Miggins & Miss Minky get Married!!!!!
O, joyous day! Mr. Miggins has been awaiting the love a female companion for far too long. After, Ms. Coco shunned him and Miss Mimi bitch-smacked him one too many times, the masculine Miggins found love with another fellow rescue kitty, Miss Minky. Miss Minky, being shy and afraid …
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