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Jackson family dinner
A handful of Michael Jackson fans were rewarded for their patience
Friday night when their hero appeared in downtown Santa Barbara
to pop into Epiphany restaurant for dinner.
Mr. Jackson was accompanied by a small group including his mother
and three brothers.
Preceded by bodyguards in black business suits, the singer pulled
up in a black SUV just before 7 p.m., drawing curious glances from
passers-by. He slipped into the side door of the Victoria Street
restaurant and disappeared into a reserved room at the rear with
the shades drawn over the windows. Other diners may not have realized
he was there.
The only obvious sign that Mr. Jackson was recognized came when
Maurizio Carbone, a waiter at neighboring Olio E Limone restaurant,
emerged and called to a bodyguard half jokingly, "Hey, why
don't you come and tell him to come into my restaurant."
The fans, two wearing Mr. Jackson's trademark black fedoras, showed
up half an hour before their idol. Several still sported the yellow
adhesive passes issued by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department
to audience members at the Santa Maria courtroom Friday where Mr.
Jackson and his family listened to testimony by the mother of the
child he is accused of molesting.
— Morgan Green
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