Polo Match, Saturday September 11, Noon

Please join us for an exciting outing to the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club on Saturday, September 11, Noon. If you haven’t already signed up, please contact Steve Ehret.

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The Polo Club is located at 3300 Via Real, Carpentaria, CA 93013. Admission and parking are free and carpooling is encouraged. Bar and food service is available at the club.

Dress code for the club is “Santa Barbara Casual,” which suggests nice pants/jeans and a Polo/ golf (collared) shirt for the gentlemen and equivalent for the ladies. We suggest leaving the flip flops and stiletto heels at home if you you plan to participate in the tradition of divot stomping on the pitch during the break.

It will be a fun and unique experience for the most of us!

General Meeting, Thursday September 2, 6:30pm

Get into the Labor Day Weekend party spirit early by attending our General Meeting and Barbecue on Thursday, September 2, 6:30pm at the Pierpont Bay Yacht Club, 1363 Spinnaker Way, Ventura Marina.  The club will provide Burgers and Chicken; you provide a side dish or dessert to share.

The agenda includes a raffle and a primer on polo (to help us understand the game prior to a proposed trip to the Santa Barbara Polo Fields). Also, remember to bring your last month’s raffle tickets for a chance to win the “Losers Last Chance Raffle.” We will discuss upcoming events, including beach party, TGITs, the November Fall Dinner, and much more! To see the current list and dates, please click here: https://lospadresskiclub.net/?page_id=1527

Please note that PBYC requires all persons to wear a mask while in the club and not eating/drinking.

We are interested in hearing your suggestions for topics, speakers, and games for future General Meeting, If you have an idea, or something you would like to present, let us know. You can either respond with your suggestion to this email or let us know at the General Meeting

Finally, ski season is approaching and we will be discussing a proposed Mammoth Trip February 22-27, 2022. Also, we will be seeing if there is interest for a downhill ski trip to other locations or cross-country skiing/snowmobiling at Yosemite.

See you at the meeting!

Jeff Heath

Communications

Kayaking, Channel Islands Harbor, Thursday August 19th, 2:30 – 4:00pm

Join us for a kayaking outing at the Channels Islands Harbor on Thursday, August 19, 2:30 – 4:00 pm. We will meet at the Channel Islands Kayak center to rent kayaks. If you have your own, you can bring it and meet us there.

Channel Island Kayak Center is at 3600 Harbor Boulevard, Oxanrd near Sea Fresh Restaurant. This link takes you to an YouTube video of the establishment: https://youtu.be/6Lbz_PIjAR0

After kayaking, we will meet for Happy Hour at Sea Fresh.

General Meeting, Thursday August 5, 2021, 6:30pm

At 6:30pm, we will hold our General Meeting at the Pierpont Bay Yacht Club (PBYC), 1363 Spinnaker Dr, Ventura. We will have a BBQ and the club will provide Burgers and Chicken; you provide a side dish or dessert to share.

The agenda includes a raffle and another fun trivia contest. Also, remember to bring your last month’s raffle tickets for a chance to win the “Losers Last Chance Raffle.” We will discuss upcoming events, and to see the current list please click here: https://lospadresskiclub.net/?page_id=1527

Please note that PBYC requires unvaccinated persons to wear a mask while in the club and not eating/drinking.

See you at the meeting!

Theater Night – Saturday, July 31 – Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga Canyon

The Los Padres Ski and Social Club invites its members to the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon Saturday, July 31 for the World Premiere of “The Last, Best Small Town.” Playwright John Guerra draws on his own personal history from Fillmore:

Two neighboring families — one Latine and one white — live in nearby Fillmore, the self-proclaimed “Last, Best Small Town in Southern California.” Set during the first decade of the 2000s, immediately following the financial crisis, the children of these families come of age, fall in love, suffer loss, and continually hunt for their place in a changed world that can no longer promise them a better life than their parents. Guerra’s play is a striking 21st Century response to Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.

Join us for opening night and a picnic in the Theatricum’s beautiful gardens before the show. Tickets are $27 each and need to be purchased by July 20 to secure seats together!

What: “The Last, Best Small Town”

When: Saturday, July 31 6 PM for picnic, 7:30 show. Carpool from Ventura, leave no later than 5 PM.

Where: Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA 90290. This is an outdoor theater and it can get chilly at night.

Parking: Parking is along Topanga Cyn. Blvd. (park within the white line/shoulder) or there is limited parking in their lot for $7.

Eats & drinks: Bring what you want for your picnic – including plates, glasses and cutlery. There are picnic tables available.

How: Send a check for $27 made out to LPSC to Rebecca Catterall or bring the check to our TGIT on Thursday, July 15.

https://theatricum.com/

TGIT Happy Hour, Thursday, July 15th 4 – 6pm

Please join your fellow Los Padres Ski and Social Club members at our next TGIT Happy Hour on Thursday, July 15. We will gather at Rumfish y Vino from 4-6 PM. This popular downtown Ventura restaurant is inspired by a Central American cuisine and has exotic drinks such as a Dragonfruit cocktail, Watermelon Mojito and a Cucumber Gin Collins ($7) and yummy eats such as Conch Fritters ($6), Fig and Goat Cheese Salad ($7), and a daily flat bread pizza ($10). Check out the full menu on their website.  https://rumfishyvinoventura.com/


Rumfish is located at 34 N. Palm St, Ventura, CA 93001. There is parking along the street and in the many free parking lots near the restaurant. We will meet on the outside patio. Please follow the current COVID guidelines. 

General Meeting, Thursday July 1, IN PERSON

We have scheduled an IN-PERSON General Meeting for July 1, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Pierpont Bay Yacht Club (PBYC), 1363 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura Harbor. In accordance with PBYC rules, unvaccinated persons must wear a mask while inside the club and no mask is required for vaccinated persons.

The ski club will provide pizza and you may bring food for your own consumption. Drinks are available to purchase at the bar and no outside alcohol is allowed.

We plan to discuss summer activities and events we can schedule as COVID restrictions ease. Also, we would like to discuss winter ski trip locales and dates. And we plan to have a skiers trivia contest and a raffle!

Mammoth Mountain is offering a limited time offer of a “Quad Pack +” that allows you to Save Up to 50% on 4 Anytime Tickets with No Blackouts. The Quad Pack+ allows you to shred any 4 days you choose for less than $100/day, PLUS save 25% on all ticket reloads for the rest of the season. For Seniors (65 +) the cost is only $329, which is quite a deal! Details can be found at https://www.mammothmountain.com/winter/plan-a-vacation/book-a-trip/quadpack

Quad Pack+
Jeff Heath shredding the fresh powder.

TGIT Happy Hour June 17, 5:00pm – 6:00pm, Winchester’s

seared tuna and beer

We are baaaack!! Mask requirements for vaccinated people are being lifted June 15th and we can now meet in person!

The Los Padres Ski and Social Club will host their TGIT happy hour Thursday, June 17 from 5 – 6:30 pm at Winchester’s Grill &  Saloon, 632 East Main Street in downtown Ventura (across the street from the library).

We are so excited as this will be our first club event at a restaurant in a long, long time. Winchester’s has a great happy hour menu and there will be live music. Meet us outside at the back of the patio. Woohoo – can’t wait to see you! As we are unsure of Winchester’s COVID requirements, so please bring a mask just in case, even if you are vaccinated.

Winchester’s Happy Hour menu can be found at: https://www.winchestersgrill.com/bar-and-beer#menu=happy-hour.

Thursday’s entertainment is by The Swilly’s and features acoustic covers and sweet harmonies: https://www.winchestersgrill.com/events/the-swillys-6.

The Swillys