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›› LETTERS Other 60 percent not passing out in own vomit Last week’s coverage of teenage binge drinking [“Nights of the Demon Alcohol,” March 20] was enlightening. It was especially delightful to read the responses from the three teens interviewed in your Ask A Teen column [“Studies show that nearly 40 percent of Marin teens binge-drink at least once a month…can that be right?!”]. Rather than acknowledging any responsibility for their own folly, all three teens put the blame squarely on the following: • The guilt from being wealthy • Parental non-guidance • The silly drinking laws I suppose this means we should get rid of money, parents and law enforcement. Then the county would abound with nothing but teetotaling teens. Notwithstanding the above, I would suggest that teens will pursue anything that is fun and exciting, especially if it’s illegal. Whether it be drugs, booze, cigarettes, even reckless driving, it will continue. And, it’s not because of our money, our parents or the law. Kids just want to have fun. According to your statistics some 40 percent of the kids binge drink. Where are the other 60 percent, living in a cave? When we were kids we all drank, and we still do. So there! Michael D. Hoy, Mill Valley
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Marin Family Court Audit Thanks goodness they’ve green-lighted an audit of Marin Family Court. Judge Dufficy had shown a bias toward certain attorneys… MMWD obstructs Rate Increase PROTEST VOTE Marin Municipal Water District is fighting the discussion that centers on desalination and is hiding the reality of unfunded employee post-retirement debt. MMWD sent out… San Anselmo Roundabout Questioned As a cyclist who often rides through San Anselmo, I read last week’s Peter Seidman article with interest. I note that…
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Bye, bye American pi I always enjoy Trivia Café and always learn something. Thanks to Howard Rachelson for putting it together. But the answer to question No. 8 from March 13 is a bit unclear. The question was: “On the clock of London’s Big Ben, the minute hand is 14 March 14 is national Pi Day, we kid you not. feet long. How many 3/14…3.14…get it? feet does the tip of that hand move in one day?” Howard’s answer: “2,111 feet. Reason: 28 feet per hour multiplied by 24 hours.” But here’s my take: The tip of the minute hand traces the circumference of a circle whose radius is 14 feet and whose diameter is 28 feet. The circumference of a circle is pi multiplied by diameter, so: 3.14 by 24, or 87.92 feet. It does this 24 times in a day, so moves 2110.08 feet per day. I had fun figuring this out, so, thanks again. Ann Troy, San Rafael Howard responds: Hello Ann. Thanks for your alertness in last week’s question about Big Ben’s minute hand, for noticing that the pi was omitted from the printed answer. Our answers agree: the 14 foot-long hand moves about 2,110 feet per day, as do our methods (distance equals circumference times hours) which translates to 28 pi feet per hour multiplied by 24 hours. Inexplicably, somebody ate the “pi” outta my answer. [That would be the Pac Sun editorial department—our apologies for the mistake—JW.] In exchange for your alertness, I offer you
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We’d save millions in periscope payments alone... Yet another U.S. nuke-sub accident. This time the wreckage involves the U.S.S. Hartford [which collided with the amphibYet another example of ious ship U.S.S. government waste... New Orleans near the Persian Gulf March 20] and this time the damage is wrought right in the Strait of Hormuz. Question: What legitimate purpose could a U.S. sub have in the gulf? The need to sneak up for an evil-axis pre-emptive nuclear attack? How about to secretly set a team of assassins ashore? Point is, there is no legitimate purpose for submarines anymore, save scientific-research subs. They are malignant derivatives of the stimulus package that ended the Great Depression— and are now perpetuated by greed and fear. They are a threat to their crews, a threat to the environment, a threat to world peace, and a blight on the American taxpayer. Especially the nuclear-powered and nukemissiled ones. Not only should we be continuing to decrease the number of ICBMs, but also to tank all subs from the blasphemously bloated Pentagon budget. Pete Livingston, Richmond Put your stamp on the letters to the editor at ›› pacificsun.com
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ated with anti-tax advocates, progressive politics and environmentalism. The focus of the opposition has coalesced around MMWD’s proposal to build a desalination plant as one of the possibilities in its longterm water-supply infrastructure. That the Marin United Taxpayers Association is associated with the coalition is unremarkable because MUTA often opposes spending public money on projects. When the district board met in February to discuss, among other issues, the proposed desalination plant, Mark Schlosberg, California director of Food & Water Watch, was on hand. His view has become dogma for many: Desalination costs too much and harms the environment. Food & Water Watch isn’t the only environmentally conscious organization opposed to desalination in Marin. Sustainable Fairfax, the North Coast Rivers Alliance, San Francisco Baykeepers and the Marin chapter of the Surfrider Foundation also object on environmental grounds. After spending years exploring desalination, including a successful pilot project, the district was exploring the possibility of constructing a 5-million-gallon-a-day desalination plant. Then, along came Food & Water Watch. The arguments against desalination began to have a familiar ring among the various organizations and opponents in the coalition (excepting MUTA.) 10 > Food & Water Watch is an out-
›› NEWSGRAMS Highway 101 surveillance helps Caltrans monitor traffic In central San Rafael, atop a pole in the freeway median just south of the Highway 101/I-580 overpass, a closed-circuit television camera records traffic and sends live images to the California Department of Transportation’s traffic management center. The surveillance helps Caltrans confirm reported traffic incidents—like large load upheavals, stalls and accidents—and to get highway patrol or tow trucks to the scene in question. Additional cameras monitor Highway 101 at Lincoln Avenue and Linden Lane to not only document traffic flow, but also to keep watch on the progress of Caltrans’ widening project; Highway 101 in Mill Valley, to view northbound traffic; the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge; and north of the Golden Gate Bridge. To see Caltrans’ live Marin traffic imaging online, visit www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/ realtime.htm. NOAA imposes new marine sanctuary regulations New rules regarding marine sanctuary protection—developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after years of extensive research—took effect this month. Violators will incur in citations and fines. Among the new sanctuary regulations are a prohibition against getting within 164 feet of a great white shark within two nautical miles of the Farallon Islands, and the ban of decoys or chum used to lure sharks; the forbiddance of harmful discharges from cruise ships and other large vessels; the introduction of nonnative species is not allowed; no disturbing or killing marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles; and a new buoy-border of protection for seagrass—which helps the proliferation of herring and shorebirds, as well as traps sediment and improve water quality—along the perimeter of Tomales Bay. County approves $1.5M park plan in Greenbrae Marin County Supervisors, based on recommendations from the Parks and Open Space Commission, approved plans this week for the $1.5 million renovation project of Creekside Park in Greenbrae. The 19-acre park along Bon Air Road across from Marin General Hospital will receive renovations, including new children’s and toddlers’ play areas, creek and pathway enhancements, restroom and amphitheater improvements, a “health and meditation grove,” a Mt. Tam viewing area and an expanded picnic area. Parks officials say the project will be paid for by County Service Area 17. Shorts... In preparation for their anticipated management of Marin General Hospital next year, the Marin Healthcare District has hired Fineman PR, a San Francisco public relations agency. District officials cite the hiring as an effort for transparency and to share info with the community in a timely fashion; their PR budget will increase from $13,000 to $25,000 a month as they get closer to the July 2010 transfer date...A 27-year-old man allegedly beat up an 89-year-old Fairfax man in the Parkade last Friday morning. The victim was taken to Marin General, where he remained throughout the weekend, and was in “good” condition Monday. Pending a plea hearing, the assailant was arraigned on charges of battery on an elder and battery causing serious bodily injury; bail was set at $500,000.—Samantha Campos EXTRA! EXTRA! Post your Marin news at ›› pacificsun.com
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1. What city in Marin County has no restaurants and virtually no businesses? 2. These words originated in what languages: 2a. Ski (and slalom) 2b. Sauna 2c. Ukulele 3. In 1988, 160,000 people attended the largest rock music gathering ever held in East Germany.The Communist newspapers hailed the American rock performer as a friend of the working class.Who was he? 4. VISUAL: Name these types of apes. 5. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is better known by what name? 6. Identify three French wine-growing regions (and types of French wines) whose names begin with “B.” 7. Last week, on the Tonight Show, President Obama put his foot in his mouth when he
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Howard Rachelson, Marin’s Master of Trivia, invites you to a live team trivia contest at 7:30pm every Thursday at the Broken Drum on Fourth Street in San Rafael. Join the quiz— send your Marin factoids to howard1@triviacafe.com.
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zo of Novato was in the Salvation Army in San Rafael, where the Fourth Street thrift store had a piano for sale. Naturally, said Tommas, young musicians who strayed too far from their parents were showing the world they were not Beethovens. But then Tommas witnessed a very accomplished Keith Richards look-alike take over and cut loose on the keys. And when “Keith” finished, he received a nice round of applause from a couple of nearby senior citizen discount-shoppers—a memorable performance for all, which prompted Tommas to remark on his way out, “Pianoplaying while shopping? I feel like I’m in Nordstrom’s!”
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MONDAY, MARCH 30 House Meatloaf guest stars as a terminally ill man. He has a lot of experience with the role, or at least his career does. Fox. 8pm. Two and a Half Men Chelsea finds a picture of a naked woman on Charlie’s cell phone. We are in an age when the lipstick on the collar comes in pixels with large breasts and a thong. CBS. 9pm. The Hills Launch Special This is the season premiere and should not be confused with the Hills Lunch Special, which consists of half a cucumber and a lorazepam. MTV. 10pm. Medium Allison develops the powers of a lie detector. Women don’t usually gain that ability until their kids hit their teens. NBC. 10pm. TUESDAY, MARCH 31 The Biggest Loser Two previous winners return with their stories of life without the support of the trainers and nutritionists. But they pass out halfway through from sucking it in. NBC. 8pm. Osbournes Reloaded Heavy metal’s first family is back with Ozzy and Kelly working a fastfood drive-thru. It’s the first time that the secret sauce has been sold by the gram. Fox. 9:20pm. Cupid The network has decided to bring back a show that got canceled in its infancy in 1998. Unfortunately, they can’t bring the 1998 economy back with it. ABC. 10pm.
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›› UPFRONT < 8 Deconstructing the desal debate growth of Public Citizen, the consumerinterest group Alan Morrison and Ralph Nader founded in 1971. Nothing wrong with that. In January 2008, Food & Water Watch became an independent organization. Nothing wrong with that, either. According to its mission statement, Food & Water Watch “is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.” In the organization’s fight to prevent privatization of water supplies, desalination is a major target. Funding, building and operating desalination plants enable corporate interests to more fully control water supply. Ergo, desalination is evil. There’s something wrong with that, especially in Marin. Although Food & Water Watch has not attacked the district’s desalination proposal on corporate-takeover grounds, its dogmatic opposition to desalination in general and to the Marin desalination proposal in particular is producing more heat than light, at least for now. When the Marin chapter of the Surfrider Foundation joined the opposition, it also joined a subgroup of opponents who say the district can conserve its way out of drought without the need for any additional water supply. The local chapter broke ranks with the state organization of Surfrider, which has kept close tabs on a desalination project in the works in Carlsbad, just north of San Diego. Poseidon Resources is working on the Carlsbad Desalination Project. The plan includes building a plant that can produce as much as 50 million gallons of water a day. The Marin proposal would produce 5 million gallons—with the possibility of increasing that amount—which would produce 3,300 acre-feet a year. An acre-foot of water is enough to supply three homes in Marin for one year. In other words, the Marin proposal pales in comparison to the Carlsbad project. The state Surfrider organization is making its concerns known about the Carlsbad project but, in an e-mail to members, the state organization says, “Surfrider and our partners are not strictly opposed to ocean desalination. Unfortunately the proposal in Carlsbad represents significant deficiencies in design, location and choice of technology.” The organization wants to ensure the best and most environmentally sensitive desalination plant, with assessments based on scientific argument, not political opposition to corporations à la Food & Water Watch. But Food & Water Watch and the Marin Water Coalition say they have scientific evidence and will produce a report compiled by a former conservation manager 10 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
Some environment groups only see the desal glass as half empty.
of MMWD that will prove state-of-the-art conservation measures can negate the need for additional water supply, whether from desalination or the Russian River. The Water District also is waiting for a consultant’s report that will assess what additional conservation measures can accomplish. The district already has committed to investing $44 million between now and 2025 in new conservation measures aimed at reducing consumption by 10 to 12 percent. By the time money spent by water consumers for conservation gets added to the mix, the conservation program will wind up in the neighborhood of $95 million. That’s compared to the proposed 5-million-gallon-a-day desalination plant, which comes with a $105 million price tag. Still, conservation advocates say the district has yet to scratch the surface. “There are sufficient water resources in this county if properly managed,” says Frank Egger. The former Fairfax mayor ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the district board on a platform that rested on two planks: no desalination and lots more conservation. “If they had a real state-of-theart conservation, reuse and efficiency plan, they wouldn’t need a desal plant, they wouldn’t need a pipeline to the Russian River.” Egger and others say the district’s desalination plan starts at $105 million, and they’re concerned the district eventually could increase capacity—and expenses. There’s the amalgamation of conservation sentiments and anti-tax sentiments (not to mention the debatable argument from anti-growth proponents who see desalination as development-inducing). Hold on, says Paul Helliker, MMWD’s general manager. The various conservation components in the district’s plan will, if successful, already erase one-half of the supply-and-demand imbalance by 2025. Marin’s conservation efforts currently post some of the best numbers in the state. “People say we’re not doing enough on conservation, but we’re already expecting to solve half the problem with conservation. It has risks associated with it because it requires actions by a lot of our customers.” There are no easy answers in the water supply-and-demand arena. Some conservation advocates view conservation as tantamount to a new water source. But
what happens if customers slack off their water-watch diet and consumption creeps up? One of the issues the district’s consultant is investigating is the possibility (some say probability) that future droughts will be drier and longer than in the past. A threeyear drought isn’t out of the question. That would throw many of the conservation and supply assumptions into the discard bin. The district wants those projections before doing anything further on the desalination proposal. It’s possible that a 5-milliongallon plant will not meet the demand of a future drought brought on by climate change. The science isn’t in yet. Drier and deeper droughts also could mean a need to reassess the effectiveness of conservation measures. “If it doesn’t rain, the best conservation program in the world won’t work,” says Alex Forman, district board member. Forman says many opponents of desalination in particular and increasing the water supply in general “don’t want to even consider that a third year of drought can happen here.” He notes the severe drought problems in Australia, which has built desalination plants in addition to practicing advanced conservation measures. “The desal issue has become linked up with kind of a crusade against global warming,” says Forman, who adds that Food & Water Watch chose the globalwarming argument to fight desalination in Marin because of the county’s environmental reputation. There may be no issues involving corporate privatization of the water supply argument here, but Food & Water Watch understood the effects of saying that a desalination plant will contribute to climate change. The problem with that argument, say district officials, is that it’s not true. “We have said that we have a goal to reduce our activities associated with greenhouse gas emissions to 15 percent below 1990 levels by 2020,” says Helliker. That policy would not change because of a desalination plant. And, Helliker adds, policies carry weight in the district. “We implement our policies.” The district could purchase clean(er) energy on the open market or through the proposed Marin-based clean-energy agency. Forman says the district also could use carbon offsets to create essentially a
zero-impact on carbon emissions. Carbon offsets, he notes, are quite different than a cap-and-trade program, which could allow gas emissions somewhere. “In a carbonoffset program, you’re actually putting money into a program [somewhere] in which every dollar removes greenhouse gas, like methane capture.” People should understand that desalination is just part of the district’s long-term consideration, says board member David Behar. Conservation is the most important element. Then comes thinking about desalination and increasing supply from the Russian River, where the district receives about 25 percent of its annual supply. The problem with water from the Russian River is that it may not be reliable in a climate-change environment. The only truly drought-proof form of water supply is desalination. “For some reason, desalination has become the whipping boy of California water, even as 22 districts up and down the state are looking at it as a potential solution to California’s water future,” says Behar. “I think taking one of the most promising technologies and alternatives off of the table is foolish.” Behar understands the environmental challenges that desalination poses, but he reasons that meeting those challenges with science and rational debate is more productive than dogmatic political arguments. And Behar knows about climate change and greenhouse-gas emissions. He’s the deputy to the assistant general manager at San Francisco Water and Power, where he specializes in climate-change issues. And as for the cost of desalinated water, Behar says water costs money, and it’s going to cost more in the future. Spreading a program like desalination out over years and among a large customer base brings the cost of the water within reason, especially if other sources run dry. The district’s environmental report found negligible marine or human environmental hazards that would result from a desalination plant. Egger vigorously rebuts that finding and says the water coalition probably will challenge the environmental impact report as deficient. Behar and others at the district understand that water issues are complex and at the same time visceral. When water always comes out of the faucet, it’s hard to capture the public’s attention. Complacency fertilizes the ground for dogmatic debate rather than reasoned investigation. But what if that water didn’t come out of the faucet? Marin came within a few weeks of rationing this year. “If we had a reality check with drought this year,” says Behar, “I think a lot more people would be paying attention to these difficult issues.” < Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com or weigh in at letters@pacificsun.com.
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“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” was the irony-laced moral of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Ford’s 1962 cowboy classic about Western mythology and the dubious truths behind those who “civilized” the Old West. While the tall tales of the wild frontier are about as settled as popcorn on a hot stove, there’s little doubt about the pioneers who’ve tamed 21st-century Marin— those purveyors of high-falutin’ hootenanny, providers of health and “purty” products, and preparers of fancy vittles that have made our fine citizens happier than a jackass eatin’ cactus at sunset. So we’re as pleased as a pup with two tails (OK, we’ll stop...) to present the winners of our 2009 Best of Marin readers’ poll. Whether their legends will become fact, however, we’ll leave for history to decide. We’re just here to print the legends.—Jason Walsh EDITORIAL CONTR CONTRIBUTORS: Samantha Campos, Carol Inkellis, Brooke Jackson, Jac Shelley Shepherd Klaner, Matthew Stafford, Julie Vader, V Jason Walsh SPECIAL THANKS: Fourth Street Tavern, Belrose Costume Shop, Bananas at Large, James J Hall, Lotus Cuisine of India, Jennie Low’s, Max’s Restaurant Resta
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American Restaurant Buckeye Roadhouse Bakery Emporio Rulli Bar/Restaurant Bar Rancho Nicasio Breakfast Half Day Café Brewpub/Sports Bar Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant Burger Joint Phyllis’ Giant Burgers Burrito High Tech Burrito Chinese Restaurant Jennie Low’s Deli Comforts French Restaurant El Paseo Ice Cream/Yogurt Shop Fairfax Scoop Independent Coffee Shop Emporio Rulli Indian Restaurant Lotus Cuisine of India Italian Restaurant Il Davide Japanese Restaurant Robata Grill & Sushi Meal Under $20 Sol Food Mexican Restaurant Las Camelias New Restaurant (opened in 2008) Jason’s Novato Restaurant Boca Steak Restaurant Pizzeria Mulberry Street Pizza Ross Valley Restaurant Insalata’s San Rafael Restaurant Sol Food Seafood Restaurant Seafood Peddler Southern Marin Restaurant Buckeye Thai Restaurant Thep Lela Thai Restaurant Twin Cities Restaurant Lark Creek Inn West Marin Restaurant Nick’s Cove Wine Bar Rick’s Wine Cellar
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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL + 46
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RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY + 75 ----------------------------Auto Body Repair/Design Bertolli’s Auto Body Car Dealer Marin Toyota Car Wash Matt and Jeff’s Car Wash & Detail Center Domestic Car Repair Neuhaus Service Inc. Foreign Car Repair Neuhaus Service Inc. Tire Shop Cain’s Tires
YOUNG GUNS + 58
THE QUICK & THE DEAD AWARDS + 78
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JOHNNY GUITAR AWARDS + 80
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Though the Man With No Name trilogy was filmed mostly in Spain, Clint Eastwood—our readers-poll winner of best western actor and best western director—has filmed on location in Marin many times; those movies include ‘Dirty Harry, ‘The Dead Pool’and ‘True Crime.’
Hall of Fame LOCAL BUSINESSES that have won their categories five times consecutively are elevated to the Best of Marin Hall of Fame. They remain in this elevated status for two years. This year, several new members join the esteemed group. Congratulations to all these winners who have been consistently voted tops for their terrific service.
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At Marin Brewing Company, Marin’s first brewpub, ale enthusiasts can choose from an intoxicating selection of top-quality, award-winning sippables and an array of scrumptious pub fare. ----------------------------Marin Brewing Company
Sushi to Dai For has been slicing and dicing in its new digs for more than a year now and this Fourth Street favorite is still a raw delight, indeed. With an expansive space, a nearly unbeatable menu and top talent behind the knives, its no wonder Sushi to Dai for has “rolled” into our Hall of Fame. ---------------------------Sushi to Dai For
1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur Landing, 461.4677
816 Fourth St., San Rafael, 721.0392
BEST AUTO DEALER Whether you’re buying a car or bringing your existing one in for a tune-up, Marin Honda is the place to go, with an array of models to choose from, a low-key low-pressure sales approach, and a service department offering repairs with consistency and reliability. ----------------------------Marin Honda
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5800 Paradise Dr., Corte Madera, 924.8990
215 Shoreline Highway, 382.9315
BEST THEATER COMPANY At 42 years old, Marin Theater Company produces some five large productions a year, not only striving to entertain its adults, but also grooming its young audience to enjoy the theater by offering a school outreach program and summer camps. ----------------------------Marin Theater Company
397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley, 388.5200
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1027 C St., San Rafael, 485.1437
BEST FRAME SHOP Customers know they can count on Cheap Pete’s Frame Factory Outlet for framing expertise and tons of readymade frames, mats, moldings and glass in standard and not-so-standard sizes at big savings. ----------------------------Cheap Pete’s Frame Factory Outlet
221 Third St., San Rafael, 455.8055
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Mellow Motors lives up to their name with decades of steady, dependable service, a dedicated, well-trained staff—most of whom have been with the business for years—and a commitment to honest, consistent service. ----------------------------Mellow Motors
34 Rich St., Greenbrae, 924.2211
BEST BLINDS/DRAPERIES With a staff of some 40 well-trained employees, DeMello Roofing is plenty big enough to tackle most any job, but they’ve maintained the local, community feel that’s been their calling card since 1927. ----------------------------DeMello Roofing
45 Jordan St., San Rafael, 456.0741
BEST SKI/CAMPING SHOP Before you hit the mountain, head to Any Mountainfor the widest selection of ski and camping gear to make your outdoor adventure a comfortable, as well as memorable, one. ----------------------------Any Mountain
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335 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo, 454.9840
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BEST TAKEOUT Comfort food is no token phrase at Comforts Café, San Anselmo’s answer to homestyle haute cuisine. Whether your taste is for soups, salads, sandwiches, scones or—our choice—the mac and cheese, there’s no denying this local favorite will have you home and comfy with your food in a New York minute (make that a Ross Valley second!). ----------------------------Comforts Café
We’ll take browsing through an impressive and knowledgeable collection of DVD titles any day over the cold, inhuman movie deliverance of the postal system. At least with this sort of selection we will. We’re with you to the bitter end, Video Droid. ----------------------------Video Droid
For 56 years, the three-generation family business of Shades of Marin has sold blinds, draperies and custom window coverings to its clientele—and their 2,200-square-foot showroom has been completely remodeled, with new carpets, displays and more. ----------------------------Shades of Marin
2070 Fourth St., San Rafael, 453.1518
BEST PILATES STUDIO It’s never too late to get crackin’ on that New Year’s resolution to get in shape—or to get a head start on next year’s holidayinspired personal promise. Either way, head to Fit First Pilates, Marin’s oldest Pilates studio, and partake in a Hall of Fame workout sans gym atmo and attitude. ----------------------------Fit First Pilates
21 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 458.4477
BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT With a spacious, inviting dining room and a menu laded with delicious options, Left Bank has kept Marinites saying oui, oui, oui—all the way to the HOF. ----------------------------Left Bank
507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 927.3331
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Awards IN THE OLD WEST a cowboy could get so hungry, he’d eat the rawhide off his saddle if that’s what it took to drive his cattle up the Chisholm Trail to Dodge. Luckily for the citizenry of Marin, we’ve got tenderer fare to hunker down to—from the finest steaks and heartiest breakfasts to precision-cut sushi and yummy scoops of dairy-fresh ice cream that would tickle any frontiersman’s tummy. Wanna know what’s on the menu in Marin? Just saunter into any of these dining establishments and ask—“What’s fer vittles tonight, Cookie?” ‘They’re saved from the blessings of civilization,’ Bing Crosby said in the 1966 ‘Stagecoach’ remake. They wouldn’t have needed saving if they’d eaten out more often at Mulberry Street Pizza…
BEST AMERICAN RESTAURANT AND BEST SOUTHERN MARIN RESTAURANT Buckeye Roadhouse took two titles this year and partner and chef Robert Price knows why: It’s the food! The menu offers a blend of American comfort food with California cuisine. Only organic ingredients are used and grassfed, naturally raised (no hormones) meat from Montana (where the best beef is raised). “We push the envelope with our food,” Price says. This is a steak house that also has vegetarian lasagna with smoked tomato sauce. There are fish dishes such as the wild salmon and, of course, the famous Oysters Bingo; desserts such as the key lime pie and lemon pudding; and an eclectic wine list with selections from France and Chile. The restaurant provides a ski-lodge ambiance and has consistently been on the best restaurant lists in the Bay Area. PACIFIC SUN: I’ve been cooking my steak all day—and it just tastes worse and worse! What am I doing wrong?! BUCKEYE ROADHOUSE: The three biggest mistakes people make when preparing steak: First, overcooking it... Q: Argh! Why didn’t you tell me that three hours ago? A: Second, underseasoning it... Q: Is lighter fluid a “seasoning”? A: Third, cooking a steak at home—when you could have a perfectly grilled rib eye by the chef at the Buckeye. Q: If your steak-lovers’ restaurant were a film would it be Chuck and Buck, Stakeout or Mignon (a 1915 silent film made in Marin)? A: This is a really weird question. Q: That’s why I get paid the big bucks...
A: I looked up the first two, but found nothing on the third—besides how could the Buckeye, opened in 1937, be in a 1915 movie? Q: Maybe in flash-forward sequences? A: I would opt out and say none of those, so my answer is: The Wizard of Oz... Q: Yeah, the Munchkins were always washing down their lollipops with a juicy flank... A: Filmed the year after the Buckeye opened, [the Buckeye] would replace the Emerald City and be the glorious (and delicious) finale at the end of the Yellow Brick Road. Q: Julia Child once remarked, “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” Your thoughts? A: Actually, there is no time for diet food. Certainly, healthy food has its place, but not while your steak is cooking...that time is reserved for mixing and savoring a well-made dry martini, preferably gin, straight up with a twist. (And opening up a bottle of Screaming Eagle...or Harlan...or cabernet sauvignon.) ----------------------------Buckeye Roadhouse
15 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley 331.2600 Best American Restaurant 2ND Bubba’s Diner, San Anselmo 3RD Marin Joe’s, Corte Madera Best Southern Marin Restaurant 2ND Sushi Ran, Sausalito 3RD Poggio, Sausalito
BEST BAR/RESTAURANT BAR Rancho Nicasio is an off-the-beaten-path restaurant and bar with a refreshingly relaxed ambiance, a full menu of comfort foods and
hunting lodge décor to complement your drinking, along with an expansive rustic outdoor patio perfect for live music, barbecue picnics and vistas of West Marin’s rolling countryside. Also a sometime wedding venue, Rancho’s middle-of-nowhere locale—Nicasio is smack-dab in the center of Marin County—is an oasis for cyclists and scenic drivers on their way to the coast, but is most noted for the weekend summer concerts on the back lawn and year-round performances from some of music’s finest entertainers. PACIFIC SUN: Is there a particularly fashionable bar drink for ’09? RANCHO NICASIO: It’s the Pink Hound— our take on the classic Greyhound. It’s citrus vodka with ruby-red grapefruit juice and a splash of 7-Up in a 16-ounce Big Gulp container. Q: Gulp! A: Topped with a squeeze of lime and a cherry for the ladies. Q: Real men hate fruit. A: It’s all about the barbeques [on the Lawn]. Q: If Rancho Nicasio were a song, would it be “Roadhouse Blues” by the Doors, “Here Comes a Regular” by the Replacements or “I Like Beer” by Tom T. Hall? A: Since we are open seven days a week and have a very diverse group of patrons, any bar or drinking song on any given day could possibly be appropriate. Q: “Closing Time” by Semisonic it is then! Next question—historian Daniel J. Boorstin once said, “I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren’t open that early.” What do you think he meant by that?
A: Not sure who this guy Boorstin is... Q: He was the 12th librarian of the United States Congress, serving from 1975 to 1987—c’mon! A: But almost every writer from Hemingway to Raymond Carver—not to mention Bukowski—that I’ve read about wrote in the mornings and drank the rest of the day! ----------------------------Rancho Nicasio
1 Old Rancheria Rd., Nicasio 662.2219 2ND Noonan’s, Larkspur 3RD Finnegan’s, Novato
Staff Pick BEST BAYSIDE COCKTAILS The best way to celebrate the 5 o’clock whistle on one of those irresistibly sunny Marin afternoons is to commandeer an alfresco table at Horizons and settle in for a pleasant evening on the water’s edge, cocktail at hand. The matchless panoramas of bay, island, city and sailboat inspire repose and reflection, and there are exceptionally tasty oysters on the half shell, fried calamari, steamed mussels and tuna tartare to accompany your fizz, bellini, porter or pinot. Built in 1898 to host the San Francisco Yacht Club, Horizons still sports an 84-foot dock for seafarers in search of a good Bloody Mary. ----------------------------Horizons
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BEST BREAKFAST Tori Monahan has run the popular Half Day CafĂŠ for the last 10 years, taking over from her parents. She is grateful for the loyal regulars who create a wonderful community feeling in the cafĂŠ while consuming the blue-ribbon scones and robust breakfasts. Two popular sandwiches are back on the menu for spring: the Margarita with mozzarella, oven-roasted tomatoes and basil all melted together into molten bliss and a shrimp salad sandwich. The servers and cooks have worked there for years and are the backbone of the cafĂŠ. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The staff is the reason the restaurant is still winning awards after 23 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they thrive on attention to detail,â&#x20AC;? says Monahan. ----------------------------Half Day CafĂŠ
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The big, bold prizewinning suds crafted at Moylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant are just one popular highlight of this 14-yearold Novato destination. The friendly setting features a beer garden, reading room and dart room complete with ďŹ replace. A tantalizing menu of American pub grubâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;burgers, chicken wings, ďŹ sh and chips, pizzas from the wood-burning ovenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;complements the beers beautifully. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proprietor Brendan Moylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding selection of stouts and ales that keeps the customers satisďŹ ed: robust Kilt Lifter Scottish Ale; rich, creamy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan Imperial Stout; bracing, bittersweet Tipperary Pale Ale. Moylan also bottles several of his more delectable creations, which can be found at discerning groceries and liquor stores throughout the Bay Area. ----------------------------Moylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant
15 Rowland Way, Novato 898.4677
2ND Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax 3RD Broken Drum Brewery & Wood Grill, San Rafael
BEST BURGER JOINT Ten-time Best of winner and Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved burger provider since 1981, Phyllisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Giant Burgers has been owned and operated for the past 10 years by James and Michelle Cho, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve recently opened larger locations in Novato and Santa Rosa, replete with outdoor patios, more seating and no less than ďŹ ve plasma-screen TVs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also added corn dogs, chicken, hot dogs, ice cream and salads to the menu but, thankfully, the burgers remain the same top-quality fresh Niman Ranch beef-on-sesame-bun delicacies as always, with over 20 varieties to choose fromâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including the ever-popular half-pound Giant Cheese and Baconâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as some of the most perfect fries (garlic, curly and chili options also available) and homemade onion rings ever created. ----------------------------Phyllisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Giant Burgers
2202 Fourth St., San Rafael 456.0866; 924 Diablo Ave., Novato 898.8294 2ND M&G Burgers and Beverages, Fairfax and Larkspur 3RD Pearlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phatburgers, Mill Valley
BEST BURRITO The Rohnert Park-based chain of High Tech Burrito is well-known throughout the Bay Area for its wholesomely satisfying, fast and freshly grilled tortilla-wrapped concoctions. Not to be limited by masa alone, High Tech also offers a reduced-carb option â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burrito Bowlâ&#x20AC;? or lettuce-wrap substitute, as well as the regular, wheat, tomato or low-fat/low-sodium tortilla choices. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the beginning: High Tech is serious, going as far as educating its customers with a detailed four-step instruction manual for devouring their sautĂŠed steak fajita-, teriyaki chicken and pineapple salsa-, Thai chicken in peanut sauce- and tomato-pesto shrimp-ďŹ lled burritosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with many more combinations to choose from.
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BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT In Marin Jennie Lowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has become synonymous with quality Chinese food. Opened in 1987, Jennie Lowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continues its tradition of providing home-style food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is how I cook at home,â&#x20AC;? Jennie Low says of her menu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is how I cook for my friends. I make all of my sauces, me or my daughter, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give it to a chef.â&#x20AC;? The ďŹ rst restaurant opened in Mill Valley, but closed when it lost its lease. That did not stop regulars from driving to Novato to get the popular fare, entrees such as princess chicken and Hunan chicken. Since then another location has opened at Theatre Square in Petaluma. Low says she has watched children grow up over the years at her establishments and she considers them all part of her family. PACIFIC SUN: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jennie Lowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature dish? JENNIE LOWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Every year, I try to come up with a special dish. This year, I came up with Jennieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cantonese Noodlesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;homemade ramen noodles, stir-fried with seasonal fresh veggies (shredded red cabbage, carrots, Chinese pea sprouts, etc.). It can be made with either original or spicy sauce! Q: If your restaurant were a ďŹ lm would it be Some Like it Hot, High Road to China or How the West Was Won-Tonned? A: DeďŹ nitely Some Like it Hot! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m amazed at Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of spicy foodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one of my customers actually goes through two containers of hot sauce during his meal. Q: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bet he only â&#x20AC;&#x153;rentsâ&#x20AC;? them... A: In the kitchen, we have a code for spicyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one star means mild spicy, two stars mean a little bit more kick, etc. Marin is deďŹ nitely a four-star county! Q: An ancient Chinese saying goes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A peasant must stand a long time on a hillside with his mouth open before a roast duck ďŹ&#x201A;ies in.â&#x20AC;?
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120 Vintage Way, Novato 892.8838 2ND Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wok Cuisine, Sausalito 3RD Pings Mandarin Restaurant, San Rafael
BEST DELI Although Comforts, a San Anselmo institution (and in the Hall of Fame for Best Takeout Food), may not be the ďŹ rst place that comes to mind as a deli, it absolutely ďŹ ts the bill. From breakfast options to dinner entrees and everything in-between, Laura and Glenn Miwa offer an array of home-style (much more inventive and interesting than at our home) dishes, including many kid-approved meals, using seasonalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and organic when possibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ingredients; and everything is made on the premises from scratch. The creative fusion of Asian, European and Latin American cuisines keeps hungry patrons coming back for more deliciously accented comfort foodsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly the â&#x20AC;&#x153;famousâ&#x20AC;? Chinese chicken salad. ----------------------------Comforts
335 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo 454.9840 2ND Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sourdough, San Rafael 3RD Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli, various locations
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< 19 Apple Dumpling Gang Awards Opentable.com diners rank El Paseo in the top 10 Bay Area restaurants for best French, most romantic and best special occasion dining. Owner Seigo Takei and chef Keiko Takahashi remain committed to using only the highest quality ingredients, including humanely raised animals, and refusing to cut corners. How well respected is Takahashi? She has again been invited to join other celebrated chefs (like Thomas Keller and Gary Danko) at this spring’s extraordinary Pebble Beach Food & Wine event. ----------------------------El Paseo
17 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley 388.0741 2ND Chalet Basque Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD Marche Aux Fleurs, Ross
Staff Pick BEST GOURMET BURGER The all-American hamburger gets its finest local interpretation at Le Garage, the totally Gallic French bistro hidden among the lofts and warehouses of Liberty Ship Way. Their burger is a lush, smoky, two-handed banquet made up of half-a-pound of coarsely ground Kobe beef, buttery morbier cheese, grilled red onions, ruby-red tomato and a dollop of garlicky aioli, crammed into a tender, yielding ciabatta bun: mon dieu! The accompanying Kennebec shoestrings are crunchy and irresistible, and if you’ve got room there’s plenty of mussels Provencale, croque monsieur and tarte tatin on the premises. ----------------------------Le Garage
85 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito 332.5625
Staff Pick BEST HOUSE COCKTAIL Marin’s best option when you’re hankering for a little urban-lounge hipster atmo also mixes up the county’s finest cocktails. Nickel Rose’s Man of Leisure is an especially smooth and succulent example of the
genre. This amber concoction of Maker’s Mark bourbon, Aqua Perfecta pear liqueur, triple sec, sweet vermouth, bitters and freshly squeezed organic lemon juice achieves a perfect balance among sweet, sour, gelid and potent...an ideal companion for the violet hour. Midway through the second round, the joint’s eclectic sound design, candlelit ambiance and velvet-mahogany surroundings will feel just like home. ----------------------------Nickel Rose
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BEST ICE CREAM Ray and Melinda Martin continue their winning streak for the best ice cream shop in Marin. The warm (and not so warm) weather drives fans in to tackle their unusual flavors ‘One man’s noise is another man’s music’—Wilford Brimley in ‘Blood River,’ 1991. at Fairfax Scoop. The Martins began with vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken—as BEST INDEPENDENT COFFEE a basic vanilla ice cream that was natural and well as Thali specials and Indian desserts. SHOP AND BEST BAKERY homemade, too. They wanted old-fashioned The restaurant is also a family affair with The ideal coffee shop is a breezy sort of hangice cream; the kind made from milk, cream, everyone involved including his son, out where the happy idler can relax over a egg yolks, evaporated cane juice and natunephews and wife. He also owns Café Lotus cup of joe, write the great American novel or ral flavors. They were curious which flavor in Fairfax and will soon open Anokha in simply contemplate the passing parade. When was the most popular, so when they opened downtown Novato. this caffeinated earthly paradise also hapafter their winter hiatus this year they had a ----------------------------pens to be the best bakery in Marin, you’ve “competition” to discover which ice cream Lotus Cuisine of India got an establishment worth patronizing. tub would reach its bottom first. Chocolate704 Fourth St., San Rafael 456.5808 Emporio Rulli, a sweet-smelling garden of covered grasshopper beat out the traditional 2ND Bombay Garden, San Rafael freshly baked delights, serves up silky, robust vanilla by a scoop. This mint ice cream is full 3RD Avatar’s, Sausalito cappuccinos, macchiatos, lattes and espressos of Paul Newman mint cookies. Yum. Ray made from house-roasted coffee beans as well Martin attributes the continuing popularity as fresh fruit tarts in pear, lemon and apricot of vanilla to the fact that it is so simple, no BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT and special-occasion cakes ranging from the one is allergic to it and it appeals to most. A Chef David Haydon and co-owner Eva Tufclassic (St. Honore, sacripantina, tiramisu) new maté ice cream is enjoying a cult-like fanelli are constantly striving to establish to the downright decadent (the Amalfi with following. It is made from a popular South their downtown San Rafael eatery Il Dapistachios and limoncello, or the Amore with American tea that works as a substitute for vide (2nd place Best San Rafael Restaurant, coffee and provides a burst of energy. Another Valhrona chocolate, fresh raspberries and too) as the kind of neighborhood joint kirsch). Don’t pass up the thick, dark and new hit is Latin jazz—a bittersweet chocolate where hungry diners can regularly stop with a little red chili, offering some spicy heat. decadent Venetian Doge: One taste and you’ll think you’ve never tasted hot chocolate before. by, in jeans or straight from the opera, for The ice cream shop will have new benches a seasonally evolving array of traditional This is also the place to order that breathtakand bike racks in front in late spring. Italian dishes with contemporary, innovaing three-tiered marzipan-coated amaretto----------------------------tive flair. Savory signature items include the ribboned wedding cake of your dreams. Fairfax Scoop butternut squash and ricotta cheese ravioli ----------------------------63 Broadway, Fairfax 453.3130 with sage and toasted walnut cream reducEmporio Rulli 2ND Double Rainbow, San Rafael tion; homemade tortellini stuffed with porcini 464 Magnolia, Larkspur 924.7478 3RD Ben & Jerry’s, Greenbrae mushroom in a black-truffle cream sauce; Best Independent Coffee Shop and poached salmon in a saffron seafood 2ND Aroma Café, San Rafael broth with fennel salad. And keeping in line 3RD Marin Coffee Roasters, San Anselmo with the current economy, Il Davide has beBest Bakery gun offering a midweek $30 prix fixe dinner Gabriel Fregoso 2ND Sweet Things, Tiburon menu with wine pairings, and daily pastaLas 3RD Bovine Bakery, Pt. Reyes Station with-salad $10 lunch specials. Camelias ----------------------------Peter Gumina Frame-OIl Davide Rama
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< 20 Apple Dumpling Gang Awards the tastes of the Old Country, but this ambiently Italian 19-year-old deli consistently serves up delectable offerings from Milano, Messina and points between. A colorful display case offers up an array of rustic temptations: garlicky braised chard; tender chicken piccata drizzled with capers and lemon; al dente pastas of every variety; tiny focaccia sandwiches bursting with prosciutto and mozzarella. There are baskets of breads, rolls and pastries baked on the premises, and the lattes and espressos are a cherished local ritual. If you’d like to stick around a while, there’s plenty of indoor seating as well as outdoor tables beneath a flowering arbor...just like back home. ----------------------------Caffe Oggi
745 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley 383.4355
BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT There’s more to Robata Grill than sushi and sashimi. This attractive wood-paneled tea house serves up a fabulous selection of Japanese delicacies ideal for family-style dining: the ever-popular sukiyaki, teriyaki and tempura; battayaki, grilled lamb chops with garlic-sake butter; poki salad, cubes of raw albacore with soy, garlic and sesame oil; a yummy array of fire-grilled mushrooms, eggplant, peppers and asparagus. Soul-warming noodle soups, smoky yakitori kebabs, hot, crisp tempura and irresistible appetizers like shrimp dumplings and pot stickers round out the menu, and the sushi—especially the Robata Roll (softshell crab with cucumber and avocado) and the Unaten Roll (tempura prawns with grilled eel)—are well worth devouring. Try the matcha tiramisu for dessert. ----------------------------Robata Grill & Sushi
591 Redwood Hwy., Mill Valley 381.8400 2ND Sushi-Ko, Larkspur 3RD Taki, Novato
Staff Pick BEST MARINDIAN CUISINE Since 1989, Avatar’s has been preparing and serving platters of delicious food that isn’t quite Indian, isn’t quite Mexican, isn’t quite Italian, but is rather an inspired and eclectic fusion cuisine all its own. The daily entrées, for instance, might include Cajun prawns with ginger-mint jam; Punjabi enchiladas with smoked eggplant; paratha tostadas with wild salmon and chutney; porcini-stuffed ravioli with rose-petal sauce...The only thing Avatar’s specialties have in common is that they’re all uncommonly yummy, and if you have trouble navigating the menu, transcendentally affable maitre’ d Ashok Kumar will steer you toward something memorable. (He’ll also be happy to accommodate your low-carb/low-fat/vegan/vegetarian desires.) The fresh mango milkshake makes an excellent meal-closer.
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Sol Hernandez started dishing up Sol Food— authentic Puerto Rican cuisine—at the San Rafael Farmers Market just a few years ago. It proved so popular, she opened a tiny, tropically themed spot—which always had a long line—and then a bigger, brighter establishment. Hernandez says it’s the “fresh ingredients, fast service, fun ambiance, consistency and a whole lotta love” that keep people coming back for more—and they sure do. The menu is simple— and the prices low—with daily specials (ask if there’s soup, it’s not on the menu). Hernandez says the combination of food, environment (the colorful interior is chock-full of tropical items and family photos) and service is the key to the restaurant’s success, and she and her staff continue to work on all three facets. She credits her energetic staff with keeping things moving and diners happy. And happy they are—business is brisk at both the sit-down and takeout locations. Hernandez calls it “fast-food with more depth”—and readers think with a lot more taste, too. Sol Food has delivery service, too, which is convenient, but the energy and atmosphere here enhance the experience. ----------------------------Sol Food
901 Lincoln Ave. and 732 Fourth St., San Rafael 451.4765 Best Meal Under $20 2ND Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria, Mill Valley 3RD Crepevine, San Rafael Best San Rafael Restaurant 2ND Il Davide 3RD Lotus Cuisine of India
BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT With all the competition in Marin among Mexican restaurants, it’s quite a statement that Las Camelias has won the Best of award again this year. Consistency and hard work continue to make this eatery a refined destination for a loyal and regular following. Owner Gabriel Fregoso says he always wanted to own a restaurant and his dedication to quality preparations shines through. Look for more and more organic ingredients to be on the menu and don’t skip the beans, some of the best in Marin. ----------------------------Las Camelias
912 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael 453.5850 2ND Celia’s Mexican Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria, Mill Valley
BEST NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN 2008) Although Jason Lee, the classically trained chef/owner of Jason’s, had a little place before opening in Greenbrae about a year ago, this incarnation is a whole new restau-
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rant. It’s five times larger with patio seating and space for banquets and special events. He now has a full bar and a great happy hour every day. His contemporary California cuisine with an Italian-Asian twist— different from the usual Cal-Ital—has been a hit and it’s easy to see why: Lee, on-site every day, strives to ensure his patrons’ dining experience is what he would want. So everything is prepared from scratch using fresh ingredients. Service is professional and the atmo is casual and comfortable— what more could you ask for? ----------------------------Jason’s
300 Drake’s Landing Rd., Greenbrae 925.0808 2ND Le Garage, Sausalito 3RD Balboa CafÈ, Mill Valley
BEST NOVATO RESTAURANT The wide-open space of the “upscale-rustic” interior (and large, lovely patio) sets the mood for an Argentinean-accented meal at acclaimed chef George Morrone’s Boca Steak Restaurant. Ample portions of grass- or grain-fed steaks cooked over a wood-fired grill are accompanied by several distinct sauces. But it’s not just about true-blue carnivores here: Poultry and seafood—also grilled over wood—along with seasonal vegetables and salads, please palates as well. In addition to great food, the early evening weekday specials, half-off bottles of wine on Tuesdays and convivial bar—with a terrific bar menu and a generous two-hour “happy hour”—propel Boca into Best of territory. ----------------------------Boca Steak Restaurant
340 Ignacio Blvd., Novato 883.0901 2ND WildFox 3RD Cacti
BEST PIZZERIA Ted Rowe’s back in the news again with another winning pizza combination. This time he faced off against Tony Paisano
on Eye on the Bay to create a glorified Hawaiian-style pie with roasted pineapple, andouille sausage, red bell pepper, jalapeños, Cajun sausage and Maui onions all topped with mozzarella and cheddar. Back at Mulberry Street Pizza he’s baking some killer cookies, too—look for chocolate chip, peanut butter and old-fashioned molasses on your next visit. Besides welcoming schoolchildren from Dixie and Star Academy on field trips where they get to play with dough, Mulberry Street Pizza is a topnotch destination for great pizza, yummy salads and wine specials. Rowe wants his customers to know he appreciates all their support, especially in this economy. ----------------------------Mulberry Street Pizza
101 Smith Ranch Rd., San Rafael 472.7272 2ND LoCoco’s San Anselmo 3RD Picco Pizzeria, Larkspur
Staff Pick BEST PUERTO RICAN FOOD Puerto Rican food isn’t well represented on the West Coast—its practitioners have traditionally settled in New York, Boston and other northeastern locations, not here—but a fragrant and friendly purveyor of this lusty Caribbean cuisine operates two venues in the pan-Latin melting pot of downtown San Rafael. Sol Food isn’t a high-concept, low-quality novelty. Housed in cheerful West Indies settings of peeling pastels, weathered ironwork, mambo music and enormous potted foliage—it’s like entering a Caribbean courtyard—the two outlets serve absolutely creditable examples of the island’s Afro-Hispanic comidas criollas (home cooking). This isn’t to say that the food is entirely authentic; the island’s predilection for the deep fryer has been tempered by Northern California’s target demographic, and salt cod and pork innards aren’t part of the program. But sink your teeth into the free-range chicken thighs reeking of garlic and oregano, the creamy, soul-satisfying pinto beans and rice, the crisp, hot fried plantains glistening with olive oil, and 26 > MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009 PACIFIC SUN 25
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quibbling becomes absolutely...norte. The tembleque—coconut pudding with mango sauce—is unbelievably light, creamy and comforting, like an earthier, more elemental panna cotta, and is one of the best sweets you’ll find in the North Bay. ----------------------------Sol Food
732 Fourth St. and 901 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael 451.4765
BEST ROSS VALLEY RESTAURANT If you’re in the mood for a little pomegranate-glazed duck breast, porcini-encrusted filet of beef or butternut squash-filled phyllo cigars with cilantro-ginger chutney—and who isn’t?—hie yourself on over to Insalata’s, settle back and enjoy a matchless meal of Cal-Med comfort food. “We combine all the flavors of the Mediterranean into hearty, delicious fare,” says waiter/barkeep Kyle Houston, who’s been known to shake up a mean Pomegranate Cosmo, Cranberry Frost and Tiburon Thunderbolt. The menu changes seasonally, but a few customers’ favorites are eternal: the Syrian fattoush salad, the Middle Eastern veggie platter, the delectable assortment of tapas and mezes. And if you don’t have time to fully appreciate the restaurant’s warm, elegant surroundings, the guys at the takeout counter will fix you up. ----------------------------Insalata’s
120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo 457.7700 2ND Marche Aux Fleurs, Ross 3RD Sorella Cafe, Fairfax
BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT “We only use the freshest fish around,” says Richard Mayfield, general manager of the Seafood Peddler. “Nothing’s ever frozen. All of our seafood arrives fresh daily, including the live Maine lobster.” Executive chef Fidel Chacon utilizes this piscatorial bounty in such 26 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
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mouthwatering dishes as linguine with wild Gulf prawns, pan-roasted Bolinas petrale with lemon caper sauce, grilled Idaho rainbow trout and cracked Dungeness crab from Bodega Bay. An extensive wine list complements the bill of fare, as does the live entertainment that keeps the restaurant hopping six nights a week. Alfresco dining is provided on the large outdoor patio, and the Waterfront Room upstairs overlooks the dock where Marin’s more discerning yachtsmen alight for a memorable meal. ----------------------------Seafood Peddler
100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael 460.6669 2ND Fish, Sausalito 3RD Pacific Cafe, Kentfield
BEST THAI RESTAURANT After 19 years in the business, Thep Lela still packs in fans of delectably authentic Thai cuisine. “We used to be in a tiny little space,” says co-owner Natalie Kamloon. “Then we doubled in size, and we’re STILL full all the time.” Must be the grilled rack of lamb, the seabass with honey-ginger sauce, the seasonal pomelo salad, the signature pad Thai. Natalie’s father opened the first Thai restaurant in the Bay Area 40 years ago, and 15 years later she and co-owner/ husband Sak Kamloon arrived from Bangkok and entered the family business. Despite their success, the Kamloons have no plans to open a second venue. “If you run more than one restaurant,” says Sak, “it’s hard to control the quality.” PACIFIC SUN: What’s a favorite dish among your regulars? THEP LELA: It’s hard to say which one is the favorite at Thep Lela, because we sell so well on every dish. Q: Yeah, yeah...name a dish. A: Ginger Seabass, Lamb Rack and all curries. Q: If your restaurant were a song, would it be “Celebrate (Spice Song)” by Uriah Heep, “Hot Hot Hot” by Buster Poindexter
or “Layla” by Derek and the Dominoes? A: “Celebrate.” Q: A wise man once said, “Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand.” What do you think he meant by that? A: This wise man might have left his heart in Thailand since his last trip. Hope his wife didn’t know about this! ----------------------------Thep Lela Thai Restaurant
615 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley 383.3444 2ND Royal Thai Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD My Thai, San Rafael
BEST TWIN CITIES RESTAURANT For decades the Lark Creek Inn has offered lucky foodies from around the world the compleat dining experience. Housed in a lovely redwood-bracketed vintage-1888 Victorian, the restaurant and its tranquil creekside gardens provide a casually elegant setting in which to experience Bradley Ogden’s nouvelle American cuisine. Brunch might feature huckleberry-lemon brioche, shrimp and scallion hush puppies and braised brisket hash with caramelized artichokes; or drop by for a memorable supper of Dungeness crab risotto with fava beans and chervil relish, hominy polenta cakes with yellowfeet mushrooms and wild nettle puree, or perhaps the restaurant’s signature pot roast with 28 >
DgYZVah Wn ]jc\Zg Dried beans, hardtack and other delicious frontier delicacies… ow much do we really know about the way people ate as they crossed to the promised land of the West? We all know about the Donner Party’s diet—the less said the better—but how true to life are Western movie scenes with people sitting outside Conestoga wagons, eating from tin plates? Between 1843 and 1849 more than 500,000 traveled the Oregon-California Trail, a 2,170mile route that started at the Missouri River. They loaded goods and provisions for four to six months of moving approximately 15 miles per day. Possessions were kept to a minimum because of the room needed for edibles. Randolph B. Marcy, an Army captain and expert in overland expeditions, wrote his suggestions in a popular handbook. He recommended: bacon, 100 pounds per person, packed in boxes with bran surrounding the meat; flour in 100-pound sacks“well sewed,” and sugar“well secured”in sacks made of India rubber or gutta-percha (a natural latex) to keep it dry. Butter was boiled until only oil was left, poured into tin canisters. Compressed dried vegetables were made into cakes that could be broken up to cook in water. Marcy strongly urged the inclusion of citric acid to prevent scurvy. Other staples included dried beans, coffee, rice and cornmeal. His advice was heeded by prudent pioneers and his story of one California-bound group, “a party of New Yorkers,”was a warning:“They overloaded their wagons with almost everything except the very articles most important and necessary...they exhausted their teams and were obliged to throw away the greater part of their loading.They soon learned that Champagne, East India sweetmeats, olives, etc., were not the most useful articles for a prairie tour.” Trail life was not a Carnival cruise. Breakfast was before sun-up and usually consisted of beans, cornmeal mush, johnnycakes and coffee. “Nooning” meant leftovers or a piece of meat quickly cooked over fire. It was not until after
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For those about to swirl, sniff and swallow, Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wine Cellar salutes you. Gregarious owners Rick and Candy Mendellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who just celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary and their ďŹ fth year in fun-ďŹ lled â&#x20AC;&#x153;early retirementâ&#x20AC;? as fermented-grape prosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;offer more than just their usual extensive variety of rare and smaller production wines, with a smattering of ďŹ ne familiar labels, regular winetasting events, a cold plate menu including panini, chocolates, about a dozen salami and 40 different kinds of cheese; the Mendells have also implemented a very neighborly program wherein customers who purchase a bottle at Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to drink with dinner at a participating Marin restaurant will not be charged the requisite corkage fee. ----------------------------Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wine Cellar
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BEST CARPETING AND BEST HARDWOOD FLOORING Having just returned from a trade show, Rafael Floors co-owners Ron Leach and Steve Villa are especially enthusiastic about the latest “green” trends in flooring; from cork—available in 50 shades—and carpet made of recycled materials, to bamboo and “forest-certified” hardwoods in clean natural maple or hand-scraped rustic finish, as well as modular carpet tiles for heavily trafficked household areas. And with over a half-century in business, Rafael Floors has established an arena-sized following of devotees, which explains the repeat wins in this category—a mutual loyalty that does not go unnoticed. “I really feel fortunate that we have customers who will actually take the time to vote for us,” said Leach who, as if taking a cue from Sally Field’s 1985 Oscar acceptance speech, then noted, “They love us—they really, really love us.” ----------------------------Rafael Floors
822 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael 456.3656 Best Carpeting 2ND Ken’s Carpets & Flooring, San Rafael 3RD City Carpets, San Rafael Best Hardwood Flooring 2ND Ken’s Carpets & Flooring, San Rafael 3RD EcoTimber, San Rafael ‘And my secret love’s no secret anymore...’—Calamity Jane’s life changed forever at Duxiana.
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ON THE FRONTIER there was a fine line between civilization and savagery—a line marked by a porch, a rocking chair and a dozing old codger with a Winchester. The homestead was where peace and gentility reigned, just as it does today in Marin where modern-day fortune seekers can find the softest linens, dapperest menswear and tidiest tree services. As Little Bill Daggert (Gene Hackman) says in ‘Unforgiven,’ ‘I don’t deserve to die like this, I was building a house!’ And we couldn’t agree more.
Duxiana beds are “designed to be the last bed you’ll ever have to buy,” according to San Rafael store manager and merchandiser Roger Kelner. Only top quality components are used, he says, “from the tempered stainless steel springs to natural latex and hardwoods.” The beds are made to last a lifetime— in fact, it’s not unusual for a DUX bed to be passed down within a family—and beds can be adjusted as one’s needs change. Along with the “best of the best” in European linens and rare, but oh-so-plush eiderdown (How special is it? There are fewer eiderdown comforters than Ferraris!), customers appreciate the level of service they receive—unlike anything the big-box stores can offer—as well as the quality and value Duxiana offers. And, of course, a great night’s sleep... PACIFIC SUN: Is winning our Marin readers’ poll an honor—or are we just another 30 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
notch on Duxiana’s bedpost? DUXIANA: Of course winning this poll is an honor. The Marin consumer, while living a casual and elegant lifestyle, is smart, intuitive, well-traveled and accustomed to the best—which we offer in workmanship and performance of the product, and in the quality of the service. As for another notch on our bedpost...we don’t kiss and tell! Q: If Duxiana were a song, would it be “Big Four Poster Bed” by Brenda Lee, “Your New Twin-Sized Bed” by Death Cab for Cutie or “Lay, Lady, Lay” by Bob Dylan? A: That would have to be “Lay, Lady, Lay,” but updated to “lay across my big DUX bed.”
Q: Hey, that’s pretty good! I see a national marketing campaign in that. A: Yes, Mr. Dylan, why not “have your cake and eat it, too” with a DUX. Q: As the British say, “You’ve made your bed, now you’ve got to lay in it.” What do you think that means? A: Now I think these questions are getting a bit too personal!!!! Q: Shamelessly plug your business in exactly 34 words. A: The DUX bed is one of the finer things in life—just be prepared to be spoiled by the best bed ever and the finest and most luxurious linens available anywhere on the planet! ----------------------------Duxiana
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BEST HOME ORGANIZER As part of the larger, over-three-decadesold custom home storage company, our local California Closets franchise is independently owned and operated, serving the county’s home-space-challenged with customized storage components and knowledgeable design consultants with whom to discuss the latest ways to maximize your cluttered bathroom or kitchen areas, too-small closet, in-need-of-a-makeover bedroom, throw-it-all-in-there garage and war-zone-like home office on a budget. ----------------------------California Closets
610A DuBois St., San Rafael 455.1200 2ND Changing Places, Greenbrae 3RD A Space for Everything, San Rafael
BEST IMPORT FURNISHINGS For many, the allure of Via Diva Home Furnishings—the largest importer north of San Francisco—is that they never know exactly what they’ll find on display. New shipments arrive regularly, so fresh furnishings and accessories—large and small, antique and new (many from reclaimed wood)—are always showing up. These exotic and typically one-of-a-kind Asian items fit into just about any décor, whether as the focal point or accent pieces. And the
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Her can-do attitude, attentive service and ability to create distinctive, sustainable designs have earned Cynthia Egger a terraced, hillside, French provincial garden full of fans. Through her company, Cynthia Egger Landscape Design, Egger creates an outdoor environment that’s “not only an extension of the home but also for the individual’s personality, style and taste”—especially if that personality calls for a swimming pool, outdoor fireplace or kitchen. And topographical obstacles mean little to this seasoned pro: “I can look at a project and see it completed—the more difficult the site, the more clarity I have to see it done. Whatever the challenge, as long as you approach it methodically, you can solve it.” ----------------------------Cynthia Egger Landscape Design
BEST KITCHEN/ BATH REMODELER Lamperti Contracting & Design has been an esteemed player in the remodeling game since 1965. And since owners Greg Nelson and Sean Kelly took over the biz four years ago, they’ve continued to carry on that good reputation with consistent, Diamond-Certified, high-quality and well-communicated service, specializing in kitchens and baths from initial design to installation and finish. They also make clear to prospective clients that “you are in control of your budget,” and that they want to help you “enjoy the journey as much as the destination,” making themselves available to decipher all the options to help you visualize the remodel of your dreams.
1241 Andersen Dr., Ste. A, San Rafael 454.1623 2ND Kitchens & More, San Rafael 3RD Marin Kitchen Works, Novato
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149 Humboldt St., San Rafael 460.0858 2ND Earthwomen Plus One, Fairfax 3RD Heritage Landscapes, San Anselmo
BEST LUMBER/ HARDWARE STORE Jackson’s Hardware is 100 percent employee-owned, green-certified and was recently voted one of the Top Small Workplaces of 2008 by The Wall Street Journal. Aside from all that, Jackson’s is still the hotspot for construction-trade hand- and power-tools—even one-job rentals—with a knowledgeable, well-trained and experienced staff, along with a wide variety of barbecues and outdoor furniture, workmen’s apparel, kids’ toys and those little red wagons, a full paint department and a decorative plumbing showroom, with over 5,000 square feet of bathtubs, faucets, showerheads, towel bars, robe hooks, door knobs—everything including the kitchen sink! ----------------------------Jackson’s Hardware
435 DuBois St., San Rafael 454.3740 2ND Fairfax Lumber & Hardware, Fairfax 3RD Goodman Building Supply, Mill Valley
BEST MOVING AND STORAGE Having evolved from his humble twomen-and-a-truck operation in 1979, Tim Johnson now employs 45 good, strong and able, clean-cut guys—whom “you wouldn’t mind sitting at your dinner table”—along with 18 trucks to affordably assist 39 >
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110 Belvedere St., San Rafael 491.4444 2ND Earl Farnsworth Express, San Rafael 3RD Aloha Moving and Storage, San Rafael
BEST PAINT STORE If you need anything for painting, Marin Color Service has it. From the free inhouse color consultant to faux finishes and Venetian plasters to expert color matching, this family-owned business (around for 60 years so far) is committed to the highest level of customer service and products, says general manager James Greenhill. Painting contractors and homeowners alike appreciate the wide range of options—and the expert advice. Marin Color has carried green products—which continue to evolve—for some time; they have the largest selection of nontoxic and low-VOC products along with green cleaners and other supplies.
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And, for those who are beyond the DIY phase but don’t know who to call, Greenhill says they have a list of licensed painting contractors and can recommend based on the particular job. ----------------------------Marin Color Service
770 Second St., San Rafael 453.4065; 703 Grant Ave., Novato 897.9411 2ND Tamalpais Paint & Color, Corte Madera and Mill Valley 3RD Jackson’s Hardware, San Rafael
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Nick Kunst, fourth-generation head of the Kunst Bros. Painting family business that began in 1871, was practically born in a can of Sunburst Yellow. Heeding dear ol’ dad’s advice—“Be honest, work hard and give back to the community”—Kunst says they do all they can to remain extraordinarily competitive in prices, utilize nontoxic paints, and sponsor or donate money and paint jobs for various nonprofit schools and health-care facilities. But aside from making people’s homes more beautiful inside and out, Nick has also adopted his father’s dream: “I would love to paint the White House, and I even just found out the shade they use—Sherwin-Williams’ Whisper White.”
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76 Belvedere St., San Rafael 456.4044 2ND McCarthy Painting, San Rafael 3RD North Bay Painting & Wood Preserving, Novato
BEST PLACE TO BUY APPLIANCES Not only does the affable staff of Martin & Harris help guide you through the mysterious and often unwieldy world of refrigerators, dishwashers, laundry machines and ovens, but they also provide an alternative to your potentially disastrous attempt to repair your microwave—a complete service
and parts department, and professional installation on all built-in appliances. With competitive prices, on-site warehouse supply, special orders, fast delivery or immediate pickup, and over 50 years in the biz, Martin & Harris is proving to be a smart place to shop for those big thingies with the knobs you simply can’t live without. ----------------------------Martin & Harris
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Peter Levi dreamed of being the neighborhood plumber when he was a kid. Located right next to IHOP, he always has an impressive display in the front window of Peter Levi Plumbing to encourage passersby to stop in. He would like to thank all his customers for voting him number-one plumber again this year. His employees are the most ethical guys around and they always do it right the ďŹ rst time. During tough economic times, having great customers and dedicated employees is what keeps businesses healthy and happy. ----------------------------Peter Levi Plumbing
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Rick Miller, owner of Marin County Roofing, says that the family business, started by his grandfather in 1921, has weathered many a storm over the years and customers know they can trust the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and guarantees. The Diamond-CertiďŹ ed company does it all, from small and partial repairs for homeowners to complete roofs for commercial buildings. Being a general contractor is a big advantage for customers, because dry rot can be repaired, gutters and siding installed, etc., without subbing out any of the work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a service-oriented business, and that starts with the ďŹ rst callâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;answered by the ofďŹ ce manager. He says he and his 15 employees really listen to customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns and treat each job â&#x20AC;&#x153;just like it was our house.â&#x20AC;? ----------------------------Marin County RooďŹ ng
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BEST SELF-STORAGE Not only does John Jansheski own Bellam Self Storage & Boxes with his wife Andree, but he can boast he actually built the place himself in 1982. The retired dentist, who still goes by Dr. J, looked for a new creative outlet when he gave up dentistry and decided to open the three-ďŹ&#x201A;oor 600,000-square-foot facility with storage closets from 4-by-4 to 9-by-20 feet. Never the kind to sit still, the business owners are proud to have become a certiďŹ ed green business and not only went solar in 2004, but they have modiďŹ ed every square inch of the place from using the right kind of paper to properly disposing of light bulbs. They love their customers and were delighted to win Best of Marin, as this was the ďŹ rst year for the best self-storage category. ----------------------------Bellam Self Storage & Boxes
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colors speak, say what words fail of.” What did she mean by that? A: Every fine gem has a unique life of its own; the brilliance and intensity of a gem’s color can be beyond what words can express. When a customer sees such a gemstone in a beautifully designed piece of jewelry, the draw of that piece of jewelry can be irresistible. Q: The very lesson we learned from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom... A: It is as if that jewelry piece was speaking to that one person. Q: I’ve got a Dick Tracy decoder ring that does just that! A: A high-quality gemstone will have a vibrancy and clarity that is rare and indescribable. Our language is richer because we are able to describe a color more accurately as being “ruby red,” “sapphire blue” or “bright emerald green.” ----------------------------Julianna’s Fine Jewelry
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significant other may want to choose a jewelry Yes, Virginia, there is a WHAT BUTCH WAS SAYING, of course, is that any civilized piece which appeals to Julianna at Julianna’s Fine their own taste, failing society should value beauty above all else—which is why we’re Jewelry and she’s still runto realize that the piece ning the show (with daughsure Butch would have been impressed by Marin’s deep and eclec- is not really suited to ter Judy White) as she has the style or taste of their tic variety of boutiques, salons and facial specialists. for the past 25 years—one loved one. of three original tenants still Q: I call that my Grandat the Village—and the only ma’s nose ring mistake. see the same helpful, friendly faces, keeps independent, family-owned Next question—if your business were a store. White says Julianna’s carries the “right jewelry-devotees and those who love them film would it be The Lord of the Rings, coming back. Customers also appreciate mix at the right price”—from “engagement Jules and Gem [sic] or The Shining? that repairs as well as appraisals are done ring to baby gift to anniversary,” includA: Of course the film would have to be the in-house, so those precious pieces never ing an array of watches and gift items. The Truffaut classic Jules and Gem. We have an leave the premises. selection runs from under $100 up into the international team here at Julianna’s Fine JewPACIFIC SUN: What’s a common mistake thousands for high-end international deelry, speaking French, Hungarian and English. folks make when selecting jewelry for signs and unusual gemstones. Over the past Q: Author George Eliot once said of jewothers? 20 years their designer has built up a loyal elry, “These gems have life in them: their JULIANNA’S FINE JEWELRY: At times, a clientele. The “family feel,” knowing they’ll 46 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
With three stores throughout the county, Marin Beauty Company is the best source for cosmetics as well as salon services. The first store, in Montecito Plaza, is now 20 years old. Current popular products are those without phosphates that are alcohol-free and not tested on animals. Each store has a full-service salon providing hair styling, facials and manicures. With the largest selection at fair prices, discount cards for returning customers and convenient store locations, Marin Beauty is a one-stop shop for all your beauty needs. As owner Sherri Dunne puts it: “We have everything you need from head-to-toe, have it done or to-go.” ----------------------------Marin Beauty Company
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BEST DAY SPA Stellar Spa is the perfect place to relax, reflect and unwind when the stresses of the day have taken their toll. “It’s a very relaxing lounge space,” says general manager Anna Marie DeVito of the lovely 19th-century clapboard hideaway where massage, skincare, facials and body wraps bring out the best in every client. What’s more, owners Patrick and Dana Van de Weg have “created treatments and products that are not only therapeutic but wholesome, inside and out,” including masks, moisturizers, lotions, toners, scrubs and cleansers fragrant
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BEST FACIAL “Pampering with purpose” is the motto at Evo Spa, where the nine aestheticians under the guidance of aesthetician Vanessa Ruiz offer an array of cutting-edge facials— including peels, oxygen treatments, LED light therapy and microdermabrasion— using only the most natural and purest products available. The pampering is a given, but each treatment brings results, too, says owner Gail Ann, who focuses on holistic beauty care—from the inside out—for healthy, great-looking skin. In addition to facials—and aestheticians do recommend the best type for each person’s particular skin—spa-goers avail themselves of an assortment of body treatments in order to achieve total body wellness. Both women say everyone on staff loves helping clients look and feel good. For home care in-between, Evo has plenty of high-quality products—but no pushy sales pitch. All-in-
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BEST GLASSES AND EYEWEAR The ever-so-helpful eyewear specialists at 20/20 see to it that they stock a wide selection of the most unique frames and up-to-date lenses, in addition to receiving ongoing training to keep their optical know-how in focus, helping you look spectacular in your spectacles while optimizing your vision. Ensuring that you don’t end up looking like a Poindexter—unless that’s the look you’re going for—owner Dave Schwartz and his opticians match proper lens design, material and coatings with a frame that’ll fit your face and personal style, with such out-of-sight product lines as Gucci, Fendi, Oliver Peoples and Betsey Johnson. ----------------------------20/20 Optical
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A Mill Valley fixture for 16 years, diPietro Todd Salon has been transforming clients with consistent service, cutting-edge color and face-flattering haircuts. Their talented and creative staff believe hair is our greatest accessory, and since we wear it 24/7, we should give it the professional love and care it deserves—or, at the very least, by updating that over-permed fem-mullet we’ve been rocking since 1986. DiPietro’s stylists, in tune with this spring’s trends, are helpfully suggesting shorter-length cuts with longer layers, coloring that is deeper at the roots and lighter on the ends and Kerastase treatments to maintain the vitality and shine of your lustrous locks. ----------------------------diPietro Todd
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Mill Valley Massage offers affordable luxury. Michael and Althea Langer saw a need to make massage available to the masses and answered the call, bringing them honors. Everyone needs stress relief and the Langers opened a place that they say â&#x20AC;&#x153;will not break the bank, with highquality massage.â&#x20AC;? (One-hour massages start at $59.) Instead of offering only one type of signature massage, they allow their masseuses to provide the technique that is their expertise, including Swedish, deep tissue, hot stone, prenatal, sports, reďŹ&#x201A;exology and more. They boast clients from all over the Bay Area. ----------------------------Mill Valley Massage
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Voted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Camp for Kidsâ&#x20AC;? in Bay Area Parent and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Camp Galileo is a summer day camp serving kids in Pre-K through 5th grades. Inspiring kids to imagine new ideas, collaborate with peers and express themselves creatively, campers enjoy art, science and outdoor programming every day, wrapped in fun camp traditions and delivered by an enthusiastic staff. Exclusive offer to PaciďŹ c Sun Readers: Get $20 off per week when you enroll before March 15th! Use the code: PACIFICCG.
At Ganouby Surf Adventures we provide daily Surf Clinics, Private Lessons, Custom Group Lessons, Surf Camps for women only and co-ed Adults, teens and kids. Lessons can be customized to suit your skill level as well as personal or group needs. This summer, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feature week long Summer Sessions Surf Camp for kids, and weekend ladies only and co-ed Surf Camps for adults. For a more extensive introduction to the sport of surďŹ ng we have 1/2 day private lessons. Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm.
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Six weeks of fun for all children, ages 3-8 yrs. Age 3: Gymnastics lessons, Ages 4-5: Swimming lessons, Ages 6-8: 2 weekly swim lessons, and 2 weekly Capoeira lessons (a beautiful Brazilian Martial Art/Dance form), plus Field Trips on Fridays. Activities include: soccer, arts & crafts, music, nature hikes, drama, cookouts, off-campus nature walks & ďŹ eld trips. 9am-3pm, w/ ext. care until 5:30pm. 1/2 day option avail. for 3-yr. olds. Choose 4 or 5 days a week. June 29th - Aug 7th.
Residential program for kids age 7 to 16 based out of the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center in 70,000-acre Point Reyes National Seashore. Science & Nature Camp (six sessions beginning June 22) features backpacking, canoeing, nature study and indigenous arts & crafts. Teenage Adventure Camp (one session beginning August 3) features an extended wilderness backpack. Highly trained professional staff, 3.5 to 1 camper to staff ratio, excellent handmade food. Four to six day sessions from $469 to $725.
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Looking for fun and healthy activities for the kids this summer? Dominican University of California Summer Sport Camps foster learning in a fun, sports-oriented atmosphere in which children gain selfconďŹ dence and self-esteem in a climate of teamwork and fair play. Camps start at just $135 a week. Register today and beat the rush!
An Italian language-immersion preschool and kindergarten operating in the Marin County. Prior Italian language skills not required to enroll GIS offers summer camp in Italian, divided into 6 themed weeks to chose from. Summer Programs run from June 15- July 31, M-F, 9-1, Extended Care available.
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Marin Shakespeare Company Summer Camps - We make Shakespeare fun! Two and three week sessions for 5 to 7 year olds, 8 to 12 year olds, and teenagers at locations in Ross, San Rafael and Novato. Also check out our popular Tennis/Drama camp.
After over 40 years of serving children in the Marin County Outdoor School, and developing a deep understanding of the incredible transformation that can occur when kids learn and grow in a new and caring environment, away from the familiar surroundings of home and family, Walker Creek Ranch is very excited to offer the Camp Soulajule summer camp program. Located in the heart of West Marin, the Ranch is blessed with 1,741 acres of rolling grassy hills, bay forests, and a four acre swimming pond. Registration is open for Soulajule 2009.
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Marin Youth Performers, the youth division of 142 Throckmorton Theatre, announces open enrollment for its Summer Camp. This program offers an engaging and enriching theatrical experience for young performers of all backgrounds and abilities. Located at the historic 142 Throckmorton Theatre in downtown Mill Valley. Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm. Session 1: June 22-July 10/Grades 2-5. Session 2: July 13-31/ Grades 6-9.
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BEST SHOES For nearly a decade, Shoe Envy has been adorning the feet of countless Marin residents looking for fashion and comfortâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the sole up. Pedi-propietor Jill Mills attributes her running success to customized footwear service and a quaint but carefully handpicked inventory that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily reďŹ&#x201A;ect the mainstream cookie-cutter selection of bigstore shoeboxes. From high heels to hightops, sandals to sneakers, clogs to cowboy boots and more, twinkling toes everywhere can ďŹ ndâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or special orderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the style and ďŹ t they need to walk through life one faux-alligatorstiletto or steel-toed-boot step at a time. ----------------------------Shoe Envy
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‘That dog don’t take to pettin’, son,’ warned John Wayne in ‘Hondo,’ 1953—which is why Wayne started bringing his pets to Doggie Styles in Mill Valley.
Young Guns A CHILD’S ROLE in the Old West was that of the wide-eyed innocent who would one day inherit the tamed and brutal land—a presage that certainly held true for 21st-century Marin, where kids and pets pretty much rule the roost. It’s a good thing we’ve got so many BEST PLACE FOR A KID’S PARTY quality services to keep them pleased as punch because if our babies Kids in the know know and beasts turned on us—it’d be squirt guns at noon at the I’m OK, where they want to have their birthday parties— You’re OK Corral. the Bay Area Discovery Museum. There are theme parties galore, such as cowboy, princess and pirate, with decorations. If that’s not good enough, parties can be centered on crafts and games. According to birthday party coordinator Elizabeth Friedrich, parents can choose just about anything to make their kids’ party a success. Parties range from $200 to $900 and the small tykes can visit the museum for free as well as see the traveling exhibits and have fun at Look Out Cove (an interactive playground). PACIFIC SUN: In Marin, the days of having a couple of friends ‘round for party games and cake are over—what’s the latest cutting-edge trend in kids’ parties? BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: The latest trends here at our “best” parties are cupcake cakes... 58 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
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ments in parties that the kids love to play, and a piano that you dance on! Q: Do you provide clowns with your parties and, if so, are they the creepy kind or the evil kind? A: Unfortunately, there are no clowns at our parties. While entertaining, clowns generally do not fit with our museum mission of connecting children with the local environment and diverse communities. But you never know, someday, someone may come to us with a recycling clown turn that is too good to pass up! ----------------------------Bay Area Discovery Museum
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Easy Street Cafe, a Red Hill Shopping Center fixture for years, is open from breakfast through dinner; the large and diverse menu offers generous portions of healthy food that tastes good; it’s inexpensive (always a consideration when feeding the kids); the ambiance is extremely casual; and the staff is laid-back and friendly, too. As if that weren’t enough to qualify as kid-friendly and a great alternative to fastfood eateries, Easy Street has a play area, chock-full of fun stuff—perfect for the little ones who’ve finished their five or six bites and can’t sit still while the grownups finish their meal. ----------------------------Easy Street Cafe
882 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo 453.1984 2ND Bubba’s Diner, San Anselmo 3RD Max’s of Corte Madera
BEST PET GROOMER Run by twins Janine and Melinda Schengel, Doggie Styles is the place for dog grooming. The sisters had years of training as animal hospital health technicians, which gave them the intuitive knowledge and confidence to make dogs feel at ease. The shop has become a passageway for rescued dogs, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Doggie Styles took care of rescued animals from the New Orleans area. No need for an appointment for a bath or brush-out for your pooch—but do call for a haircut. Janine and Melinda love what they do and their customers returned that feeling by voting Doggie Styles number-one groomer. ----------------------------Doggie Styles
401 Miller Ave., Ste. E, Mill Valley 381.1777 2ND Spot Pet Care, Mill Valley 3RD Who Does Your Dog?, Novato 59 >
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BEST PET STORE We adore our pets and consider them members of our immediate family, so we want to do right by them. Pet Club continues to provide for all our prized petsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the pretty and pampered to the rugged and rowdyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a great selection of high-quality foods, supplies, furniture, toys and accessories at very reasonable prices. And the weekly specials, which include lots of necessities and extras, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat. According to Sun readers, whether your family includes pets of the warm- or cold-blooded, mammalian, avian, reptilian or ichthyic variety, Pet Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got you covered. ----------------------------Pet Club
508 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera 927.2862 2ND Woodlands Pets, Greenbrae and Mill Valley 3RD Pet Cottage, San Anselmo
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< 59 Young Guns Mall in 1999, recently relocating to Northgate One (across from Pier One Imports). The new 2,000-square-foot site is sunny with golden-yellow walls and a feeling that puts everyone who enters in a good mood, says Deborah Meyer. They now have more room for an expanded inventory, with everything from arts and crafts to construction toys. But wait, there is more. A new store is opening in San Francisco in a couple of months at 3301 Fillmore. There can never be enough fun, even during an economic downturn!
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BEST NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER A locally owned chain of nurseries blooming in the Bay Area for over 50 years, Sloat Garden Center offers a plethora of plants, pottery, flowers, herbs, shrubs, trees, bonsais—even classes, gardening-inspired events and design consultations. From learning how to grow delicious tomatoes to stocking up on forest mulch, each of Sloat’s five Marin locations provide friendly “gardening gurus” to answer your every soil-loving question. And in Kentfield this spring, their new Monrovia outdoor living boutique features a Bay Area climatecentric collection of shrubs, perennials and fragrant herbs that use less water to help you “get off your grass” and create a more eco-friendly landscape. ----------------------------Sloat Garden Center
1580 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael 453.3977; 700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield 454.0262; 2000 Novato Blvd., Novato 897.2169; 657 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley 388.0102; 401 Miller Ave., Mill Valley 388.0365 2ND Sunnyside Nursery, San Anselmo 3RD West End Nursery, San Rafael
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‘Theoretically’—Butch Cassidy, after being asked if he can ride a bike, in the 1969 film classic. He can always ask the gang at Mike’s Bikes.
She Wore a Green Ribbon BEST BIKE SHOP
THE 19TH CENTURY wasn’t known for its environmentalism—heck, factories, logging and natural resource abuse was de rigueur by 1880. But a few years later the John Muirs, William Kents and Mark Twains of the West were shouting the nascent calls in what has now become a collective, cacophonous cry for conservation. Marin’s green-conscious community, thankfully, is all ears.
Mike’s Bikes, the largest independent dealer on the West Coast, has the most extensive selection— over 400 bikes in stock—in the state. General manager Brian Popplewell and creative director Davin Pukulis say owners Ken Martin and Matt Adams focus on riders who pedal for transportation, recreation and advancing cycling as a sport, not the high-end custom-bike types. Sales, service and fitting—everyone on staff is trained through Mike’s Bikes University—so customers, from little kids to the elite rider, are assured of the right bike for them. The store’s indoor track allows trial rides to ensure the fit—and bike—is correct. And if there’s a problem? All repairs by trained mechanics are done on-site. Mike’s Bikes is also involved in community outreach and philanthropy. Check out the Web site for info on the upcoming bike drive (donations are tax-deductible) for Mike’s 62 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
Bikes Foundation. ----------------------------Mike’s Bikes
836 Fourth St., San Rafael 454.3747 2ND Sunshine Bicycles, Fairfax 3RD Fairfax Cyclery, Fairfax
BEST BUSINESS THAT PROMOTES GOING GREEN Green Fusion Design Center respects and protects the environment like nobody’s
business. The store sells “building supplies, finishes and furnishings that are healthy for the planet and healthy for people,” says Sophia Balestreri, co-owner and co-founder with husband Greg Snowden. Their flooring, bedding and carpeting employ consciously harvested materials and little or no toxic chemicals, their mattresses are made of natural latex tree rubber, their plaster is traditionally crafted from Southwestern clay and their paints are low in volatile organic compounds. Balestreri and Snowden recently doubled the size of their San Anselmo showroom, an inspiring indication that green is, indeed, the wave of today. ----------------------------Green Fusion Design Center
14 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo 454.0174 2ND Fairfax Lumber & Hardware, Fairfax 3RD Green Builders of Marin, Novato
“Eat the change you want to see in the world” is the motto of the Marin County Farmers Market, quoted from one of its farmers. For over 25 years this market has been a mecca for consumers wanting organic produce. And demand is growing with more farmers in Marin, more markets for them to sell their produce and more people wanting to buy direct from the people who grow the food they eat. With vendors selling everything from cheese to wool, strawberries to seafood, the Marin Farmers Market is a destination that fosters a sense of community and supports sustainable agriculture. ----------------------------Marin County Farmers Market
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BEST RESALE/ CONSIGNMENT SHOP When you have an antique, an objet d’art or an entire estate you don’t know what to do with, Dove Place is the place to call. Owners Wayne and Robin Wechsler, who have been in the antique business for 20 years, pride themselves on the personalized attention they give their clients. “We try to find a good home for the things people treasure,” says Robin. “It’s like recycling history.” Their tiny store and huge warehouse are chockfull with treasures people have brought in from all over Northern California for 65 >
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‘Once in a while, the gentle touch of a woman helps to soothe the savage beast within a man’—Wilford Brimley, ‘Blood River,’ 1991.
the Wechslers to sell: porcelain, stemware, sterling silver, 300 antique clocks from the 16th-19th centuries, the largest single collection of antique Czech blown-glass fruit in the world. The shop sells all of its items on the Web as well, to collectors as far away as Spain, China, Korea and Brazil. ----------------------------Dove Place Antiques & Consignments
160 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo 453.1490 2ND Stella’s Fine Consignments, San Anselmo 3RD Encore, San Rafael
BEST SOLAR SUPPLIER Marin Solar is now the largest residential solar installer in California. With the new federal tax credit for homeowners at 30 percent, the cost of installing a system is far more economical. Coupled with credits from the state and PG&E, about half the
cost of a solar system is reimbursable. All this translates to more business for the folks at Marin Solar, who say their customers are hip, educated, intelligent and interested in doing what is good for the earth. With insanely good customer service from employees who really care, Marin Solar is leading the way in alternative energy in the county again this year. PACIFIC SUN: Explain to the uninitiated again why solar panels still give them power on rainy days. MARIN SOLAR: Solar panels are like magic—they make electricity as soon as the sun hits them. Q: Actually it’s not “magic,” it’s a process called “photovoltaics,” which uses waferbased crystalline silicon cells to convert sunlight to energy—shouldn’t you know this?! A: The higher the sun, the longer the day—which equals more electricity. You make more than you need in the summer
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neighbors start asking about it. Plus it upsets the “dark forces” and makes Jesus happy. Q: British chemist George Porter once said, “If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.” Your thoughts? A: Sad, but true. A wise person said if we had gone solar as a nation 20 years ago, we would never have gone near the Middle East. ----------------------------Marin Solar
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O On a related note, the gallows inside the county courthouse on San Rafael’s Fourth Street was where San Quentin carried out its o f t h e We s t e r n hangings back in the early days. After murcontinent, Marin derer Lee Doon was executed, convivial onCounty doesn’t usu- lookers nearly rioted in their mad scramble ally spring to mind over the body for souvenirs. O Cattle drives weren’t always about the when one thinks of The West, that near- Abilene Trail. In the 1870s San Rafael’s primamystical panorama ry source of income was the sea of livestock of desperadoes, cat- that roamed the surrounding hills and were tle drives and bar- the principal source of beef to prospector room brawls. But the and San Franciscan alike. A common sight in Broncho Billy left town land of frangipani those days was herds of cattle being driven after the Marin Independ- body scrubs and tri- up Fourth Street to the slaughterhouse ent newspaper accused his ple nasturtium lattes on San Rafael Creek or overland through crew of stealing furnishings wasn’t always so Sonoma, Marysville and Sacramento to the from proprietors. serene and house- Sierra foothills. O The Gold Rush and the Silver Boom of broken. A few examples of Marin’s Wild West the High Sierra were mere warm-ups for the heritage are noted below. O What we now like to call the “historic month or so of 1878 when gold and silver downtowns” of Larkspur, San Rafael and were mined on Mt. Tamalpais. O An honest-to-God stagecoach holdup Sausalito were pretty good facsimiles of took place along the San RafaelTombstone, Deadwood and Bolinas overpass on Septemother famous fleshpots back in ber 19, 1898. A masked gunthe good old days. San Rafael man robbed three passengers had its blackjack parlors and and driver Wallace Sayers, then bullfighting arena; Sausalito famade the mistake of saying, vored opium dens and bookie “Drive on, and if you look back joints; Larkspur was famous I’ll blow your head off.” Sayers for its slot machines, dog races recognized the voice, hightailed and rather sumptuous bordello. The more sedate Mill Valley Until 1990, Tam’s official mas- it to San Rafael and alerted the sheriff, who organized a posse established its red-light district cot was ‘Charlie’ the Indian. (yes!) and apprehended the a good three or four blocks bandit within the hour. from its eventually historic downtown. O After the Mexican Revolution sent the O As recently as 1912, Marin was “Western” Spanish colonials and conquistadores pack- enough to attract the attentions of Broncho ing, Marin was divided into 20 land grants Billy Anderson, the first cowboy movie star. (or ranchos), kicking off an idyllic era of cow- Anderson shot 40 or so of his one-reel shootpokes and grazing cattle that endures to ’em-ups (including The Two-Gun Man and this day out in West Marin. (It wasn’t all pas- Broncho Billy’s Christmas Dinner) in the hills toral tranquility, though. Grizzly hunts were above San Rafael and Fairfax. O Finally: A 2001 Quicksilver Messenger a popular local pastime, and one Homestead Valley ranch cook killed a cowboy with Service compilation CD was called Marin a hatchet and a six-gun, took his money, County Cowboys, and for 82 years Southburied the body and fled to Sausalito, where ern Marin’s high school football team was he was arrested, thrown in jail and hanged known as the Tamalpais Indians. —Matthew Stafford himself with his own long johns.)
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A Fistful of Dollars THE FIRST THING pioneering communities did upon settling their land in the West was build a church. Second, a saloon. Third? Shops. General stores, horse feeds, blacksmiths, skinners—they’re about a stone’s throw away from today’s antique dealers, frame shops and patio purveyors of Marin. The next time you’re shopping at the mall—remember, you’re not browsing, you’re ‘moseying.’ BEST FRAME SHOP A Mill Valley fixture for 35 years, FrameO-Rama is now framing precious art, specialty works and 3-D objects for its second generation of customers. Unlike the readymade frames at younger sibling Cheap Pete’s, Frame-O-Rama does strictly custom framing. Owner and founder Peter Gumina says that over the years his store has framed original works for many in the musical and artistic communities, including the late Bill Graham, Santana and more. But Gumina says his business is about customer service and value—not famous people. And, he stresses, meeting the budgets of us regular folks—while providing excellent framing without sacrificing quality—is what keeps Frame-O-Rama going. ----------------------------Frame-O-Rama
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TRAVELING IN STYLE in 1887 simply meant you weren’t riding shotgun on the stagecoach—and it wasn’t being raided by bandits. Today, we have the benefit of quality dealerships (when your old horse goes out to pasture), excellent body shops (watch for falling rocks ’round the bend!) and top-notch tire service (river fording is murder on wheels). Don’t say ‘giddyup’ unless you’re getting at least 27 in town, 35 on the highway.
Longevity sums up Cain’s Tires. In business 51 years at the same location, Cain’s is run by Pat McAlonan and his three offspring. The first person Pat ever hired still works there after 47 years, while all the mechanics have been there for more than 20 years. The shop sells and installs 48,000 tires per year and services 90110 cars per day. Even though it’s as busy as a beehive, everyone pitches in to manage traffic flow and get customers taken care of quickly. “Voters did the right thing. No one comes close to us for kindness and concern for the customer,” says Pat. ----------------------------Cain’s Tires
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expect the best in collision repair, restoration and custom work at her shop. Bertolli is an advocate for her customers—the shop works with insurance companies, arranges rental cars and uses only certified parts and superior paints. It’s the attention to detail that makes a difference and, as Bertolli says, “the proof is in the finished product.” For those hanging on to an older car with chipped paint and a few dings, the shop can detail that baby and have it looking like new for less than a typical car payment. ----------------------------Bertolli’s Auto Body
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BEING THE FASTEST DRAW meant fast reflexes, a steely eye and a strong trigger finger—and few lawmen or outlaws lasted long without staying in peak physical condition. Wyatt Earp lived to a ripe old age, but just think how much more life Jesse James (dead at 34), Billy the Kid (dead, 21) and John Wesley Hardin (dead, 42) would’ve gotten if they’d put down the whiskey and hit the gym.
Once widely considered the “biggest secret” of the county, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center—where, contrary to popular belief, anyone can be a card-carrying member—is quickly becoming the number-one staycation spot for residents in-the-know about the gargantuan facility’s limitless features: myriad fitness classes and cultural lectures, scenic grounds on which to check out their numerous weekend events and concerts, art exhibits, spiritual celebrations, a café, summer camp programs for the kids, a gym with state-of-the-art equipment, on-site childcare, a steam room and hot tub and of 78 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
course, those multi-award-winning indoor and outdoor pools. PACIFIC SUN I’m a social anarchist who doesn’t recognize the boundaries of “swimming lanes” nor the anti-humanist restrictions on jumping in from the side of the pool (“cannonbaaall!”). Is the JCC the pool for me? OSHER MARIN JCC: We encourage everyone to do a cannonball a few times a year! We don’t know which feels better—the bellow of “cannonbaaall!” or the splash afterwards! Q: We find it’s the glares of disdain from
Situated as it is in the gorgeous pastoral landscape west of Fairfax, the San Geronimo Golf Course is a breathtaking place to drive, chip, slice and putt. “It’s a very natural setting, with ranches on either side and open space behind,” says general manager Bill Burney of the public 18-hole course. “We share the place with wild turkeys, mountain lions, egrets and deer.” Built in 1967, San Geronimo features creeks, ponds, sand traps and encompassing redwoods that have made the course a fun-filled challenge for golfers at every skill level (including, on one 1992 occasion, Bob Hope). The clubhouse is a destination in itself, offering barbecues throughout the summer, terrific food in the Red Tail Bar & Grill and a banquet room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the green—“a great place for a wedding,” says event manager Kelly Celli. The venue also hosts several charity fundraisers and golf tournaments each year. ----------------------------San Geronimo Golf Course
5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo 488.4030 2ND StoneTree Golf Club, Novato 3RD Indian Valley Golf Club, Novato
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“We’re blessed with two ingredients a store like ours needs,” says Al Baylacq, co-owner of Good Earth Natural Foods. “A dedicated client base, and employees who are committed to providing fine foods that are unprocessed and organic.” The store, an independently owned Fairfax institution for four decades, stocks produce, seafood, meat, herbs and bulk foods that are organic, sustainable and largely local in origin. “We sell fruit in season, not fruit from Chile,” says Baylacq. In addition to hosting the county’s only full-service organic delicatessen and juice bar, the store has the largest all-organic wine section in Marin. The concept has been a successful one. “Hundreds of our customers shop nowhere else.” ----------------------------Good Earth Natural Foods
1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax 454.0123 2ND Real Food Co., Sausalito 3RD Oasis Natural Foods, Novato
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With the largest Pilates studio in the county (30 pieces of equipment), says owner Michael Jenkins, Mill Valley Health Club & Spa offers 150 apparatus classes, group and private, each month—plus mat classes— taught by seven certified and experienced instructors. (The club also offers Pilates certification.) Some classes combine a cardio component with Pilates for a complete workout. A big plus—the studio is separate, allowing trainers and their trainees to maintain focus, an important element of this mind/body discipline. GTS—a guaranteed time slot for apparatus classes—is a real convenience for busy people. You don’t have to be a member to take Pilates classes—but why wouldn’t you want to take advantage of everything else this club has to offer? ----------------------------Mill Valley Health Club & Spa
Family-owned and operated since 1946, T&B Sports has hit it out of the park with all the required and most-wanted athletic equipment and apparel from national brands to private-label uniforms and gear. From little leaguers to pros—and even the blessed referees and coaches—T&B slam-dunks that screen-printed number on your jersey, scores bonus points on your embroidered letterman jacket and will soon be doing that funny touchdown dance with a new line of Xenith football helmets. ----------------------------T&B Sports
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technologies in footwear has kept Arch Rival at the head of the class. MBT, Masai Barefoot Technology, is one of the biggest growth areas for the business. These are big, heavy, clunky shoes that promote good posture; it’s like a Pilates workout in a shoe. Loyal customers know both stores have the best customer service and their salespeople are the most knowledgeable about foot problems. They are now fitting the grandchildren of their original customers, which is a clue that they are doing something right. ----------------------------Arch Rival
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but they don’t. Owners Jefferson and Arjay Parker have devoted their lives to the practice, calling Bikram nothing short of “a miracle,” and inspiring others to follow suit and experience the powerfully positive physical and mental transformation for themselves. “The exercise is very healing on many levels,” notes manager Steven Jones. “Yoga is for everyone, every body,” adds Arjay, who wants the studio to be a welcoming, non-intimidating beacon for those wishing to improve their health and well-being, no matter what their age, shape or fitness level. Jefferson agrees, quoting from founding guru Bikram Choudhury: “You’re never too old, it’s never too late, and you’re never too sick to do yoga and start from scratch again.” ----------------------------Bikram Yoga San Rafael
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BEST ART SUPPLIES Professional artists bypass the chain artand-craft stores and go straight to Perry’s Art Supplies, which has been in its current location for the last quarter-century. Artists from all over the Bay Area purchase oils and acrylics, watercolors, paper and framing materials. Owner Perry Paradiso says he has expanded his store to offer more green items such as recycled art pads and ecofriendly pencils. New acrylics are also available that are slower drying—which is a plus for artists who like the flexibility to mix colors—as well as a line of new sketch journals that are proving to be very popular. ----------------------------Perry’s Art Supplies
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ENTERTAINMENT IN THE OLD WEST left a lot to be desired. For every Lillie Langtry performance there were 50 others featuring little more than some cowboy’s mawkish sidekick wheezing into an out-of-tune harmonica while the rest of the posse was trying to catch 40 winks. Here in Marin things are different—with first-rate movie showcases, theater productions, art galleries and live-music venues.
Donna Seager describes the process of finding new art to bring into her gallery as “a fist in the gut” feeling. In the coming months, the Donna Seager Gallery will host shows by Lisa Kokin, whose medium is altered books, Brigitte McReynolds showing her paintings and sculpture and “The Art of the Book,” featuring a collection of handmade books. Seager always has works from her “stable” of artists, such as wood sculptures by Joe Brubaker. She wants her customers to know: “In these times, especially, I wouldn’t be here without the support of the community.” Giving the community a varied and enlightening experience in art is her goal. PACIFIC SUN: What’s a famous work of art that you consider a personal favorite. DONNA SEAGER GALLERY: Hmmm. It changes from time to time, but right now I 80 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
am loving Lisa Kokin’s “Verbiage,” which is in my current exhibition. Q: If your art gallery were a song by a 1990s boy band would it be “Climbing the Walls” by the Backstreet Boys, “Hangin’ Tough” by New Kids on the Block or “Up Against the Wall” by ’N Sync? A: Definitely “Hanging Tough.” Q: You always did love Joey McIntyre... A: I am going from the very progressive Lisa Kokin show to my yearly artist book show to an amazing installation of figurative paintings and sculpture by Brigitte McReynolds in a short span of three months. Q: Luckily, you’ve got the right stuff, baby.
Oh oh oh oh, the right stuff! Next question— Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” Do you agree? A: I think Woody Allen’s retort was, “Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad
TV.” Q: I learned that the hard way after agreeing to share an apartment in New York with my naive, island-dwelling sheepherder cousin. A: I would probably say “Life is Art.” My April through June show of artist books is a great way to see how varied the approaches to art can be. I hope you can make it! Q: I’ll bring my cousin! ----------------------------Donna Seager Gallery
851 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454.4229 2ND ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael 3RD ICB Artists Studios, Sausalito
With 16 years in the business (and second place for Best Place for Dancing), RoCo Dance & Fitness’ five studios and 25 instructors provide Marin’s artful moversand-shakers with a bevy of classes for children and adults, at every level, and biannual performances at the Marin Center. Modern dance is at the heart of RoCo, where extensive college-prep training for young dancers of the genre is offered. But founder/dancer Annie Parr believes RoCo’s primary appeal is in the experimental, multi-modality, family-friendly, accessible and supportive nature of RoCo, with more than a hundred classes in ballet, jazz, Afro-Brazilian, hip-hop, yoga, Pilates, spinning, strength training, Cardio House, aerobic Indian folk, among many others. PACIFIC SUN: If someone needed to learn one style of dance—and one style of dance only—what would you suggest? ROCO DANCE & FITNESS: My heart is with “modern dance.” The foundation of this style is to constantly move with the times, evolve, break tradition, take chances, be yourself. A modern-dance class can vary drastically from one teacher to the 82 >
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next because the movement style is directly linked to the teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality. (So ďŹ nd a teacher who inspires you.) When a student develops technical strength and efďŹ cient ways of transitioning movement, you can make your own dance and it can be whatever you want it to be. Q: So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing all this timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;modern dance! Next questionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; name a particular â&#x20AC;&#x153;popâ&#x20AC;? style of dance that really makes you cringe. Think the Bump and Grind, the Bartman, the Electric Slide, the Hustle, the Chicken Dance, etc. A: Thirteen-year-olds â&#x20AC;&#x153;freakingâ&#x20AC;?...eew. Q: The 50-year-olds freaking at my wedding werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly Astaire and Rogers, either, lemme tell ya...Next questionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; William Butler Yeats once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can we know the dancer from the dance?â&#x20AC;? What did he mean by that? A: When a person dancesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in class with movement imposed on them or on the dance ďŹ&#x201A;oor, they cannot escape their inherent personality. Dance is physical expression. In other words, people dance who they are. Q: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a rhythmless lame-o? A: Cautious people dance conservatively, intellectuals dance technically, emotional people dance with abandon, entrepreneurs dance with risk, self-absorbed people dance in other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space! Martha Graham puts it this way: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The body does not lie.â&#x20AC;? ----------------------------RoCo Dance & Fitness
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is leading the way for entertainment in Marin. Originally a vaudeville theater, the acoustics complement the myriad musical performancesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of different genresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that take place here. Every Tuesday evening, Mark Pitta puts on a comedy show featuring up-and-coming as well as established entertainers. The audience has been tickled by Robin Williams, Dana Carvey and Mort Sahl as well as the gifted Pitta. Check the Web site for the upcoming schedule of performances. ----------------------------142 Throckmorton Theatre
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Staff Pick BEST LOCAL WPA PROJECT With Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Depression-busting Works Progress Administration more popular than ever, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to revisit a few of the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job-creating projects still glimpsable here in Marin: Mill Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Hall, the Mountain Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stone seating, the little fountain in Tam High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Orange Court. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Maurice Del Mue mural in the San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center lobby, a post-post-impressionist pastoral evocation of West Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmlands, redwoods and rolling hills circa 1934. The Paris-born Del Mue (1875-1955) was a successful commercial artist before the stock market crash (the Arm & Hammer Baking Soda and Hills Bros. Coffee logos are among his works), but the WPA kept him in paintbrushes throughout the 1930s with commissions for four public murals in Marin alone. The 7-foot-by-15-foot SGVCC canvas was meticulously restored a few years ago and is the only Del Mue mural currently on display, but his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Golden Hills of Marinâ&#x20AC;? (1938) is undergoing exten-
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BEST MOVIE THEATER The Smith Rafael Film Center is everything a movie house should be. The building is a beautifully restored Art Deco treasure complete with Henry Martin mural and sweeping staircase. State-of-theart technology ensures that every ďŹ lm is exhibited in the best possible format. The three venues where the ďŹ lms are shown have been conďŹ gured to deliver great acoustics and zero bleed-through. And the ďŹ lms themselves are a wonderfully eclectic blend of the indie, the epic, the cutting-edge and the classic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oftentimes weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a director or actor here discussing the ďŹ lm,â&#x20AC;? says director of programming Richard Peterson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It enhances the movie-going experience.â&#x20AC;? (Among the luminaries who have passed through the Rafaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portals are Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, David Lynch, Francis Coppola and Sean Penn.) In April the Rafael celebrates 10 years as Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier movie palace. ----------------------------Smith Rafael Film Center
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BEST NON-CHAIN BOOKSTORE What sets Book Passage apart from other bookstores are the countless author events, language classes, writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conferences, story times and community events that this venerable institution hosts. From the popular Cooks with Books series to the Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, Book Passage is known around the country as a
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destination for serious authors and readers. Consult the Web site for the latest schedule or to sign up for the newsletter and, of course, stop in the store for the latest in books, periodicals and travel itemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best selection in the county. ----------------------------Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 927.0960 2ND Depot Bookstore & CafĂŠ, Mill Valley 3RD BookBeat, Fairfax
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY STORE Seawood Photo offers an alternative to buying a camera in a big-box store. The small-town-style camera shop has knowledgeable salespeople with a great selection of cameras including Canon, Nikon and Sony, with competitive pricing. Customers who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what kind of camera to get discover that what they shoot is valuable knowledge when buying a camera, as equipment should meet their needs. Is photography a hobby or a profession? Do they take pictures of their family or sports? Owner Graham Law began as an amateur ďŹ lmmaker and became enamored of cameras and the darkroom, spending 15 years as a professional photographer. The store provides darkroom supplies, frames, photo albumsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everything a photo bug would need, including used camera equipment. It also offers free brand-speciďŹ c photo classes with camera purchases. There is also a museum of sorts with 400 antique cameras Law has collected during his journeysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; including one that looks like a machine gun, used during World War I, and a tiny spy camera. ----------------------------Seawood Photo 115 Tunstead Ave., San Anselmo, 453.4322 2ND Marin FilmWorks, San Rafael 3RD Framelines Photo, Sausalito 84 >
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BEST PLACE FOR DANCING This year 19 Broadway Nite Club celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Fairfax landmark has been the place to see some of the hottest entertainment, dance and just hang out; and it continues to draw clubbers from all over the Bay Area. According to owner Garry Graham, the club’s trademark is that it offers live music every night. “It is all about the music!” he exclaims. It is common to see big names like English Beat and Chrome Johnson onstage, as well as local favorites such as Tommy Castro and Vinyl. The variety of great acts makes 19 Broadway an excellent place to dance and get into the local and national music scene. The club plans to celebrate its silver anniversary all year long. ----------------------------19 Broadway
17 Broadway, Fairfax, 459.1091 2ND RoCo Dance & Fitness, Mill Valley 3RD Club 101, San Rafael
BEST PLACE FOR A WEDDING When the love bug’s bit you and Holy Matrimony! is in the air, the “crown jewel of Marin,” aka the Marin Art & Garden Center, is the perfect place to get hitched. “We have 11 beautiful acres in Ross with gardens, fountains, a gazebo and other facilities that provide a variety of options for large, medium or small indoor or outdoor weddings,” says Nancy Vernon, president of the MAGC board of trustees. “We work with our clients to provide just what they’re looking for.” The center can also recommend caterers, decorators and local accommodations for out-of-town guests. “It’s a beautiful place to have a wedding,” says Vernon, “and we help make it a wonderful
experience for the couple.” ----------------------------Marin Art & Garden Center
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross 454.1301 2ND Lark Creek Inn, Larkspur 3RD Cavallo Point Lodge, Fort Baker
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BEST PLACE TO BUY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Now in its 35th year, Bananas at Large is the place to go when you’re in the market for a drum kit, Fender bass, Gibson gitbox or Korg kaossilator. “Our selection sets us apart,” says owner Alan Rosen. “We carry guitars, keyboards, drums and instruments of all kinds, but also recording and lighting equipment, amps, mics and mixers, books and computer software.” Not to mention congas, nose flutes, kazoos and mango-wood ukuleles. A staff of professional musicians knows the inventory inside-out, and music lessons are offered on the premises. Celebrity clientele includes the likes of Carlos Santana, Huey Lewis and the Doobie Brothers, but the store’s proudest accomplishment is the nearly $75,000 in cash and equipment it donates each year to local schools and nonprofits. ----------------------------Bananas at Large
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Staff Pick BEST RADIO STATION For several years, Radio Sausalito beamed a terrific cornucopia of classic and modern jazz, wine tips, literary chitchat and local buzz—even the tide tables—to residents
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lucky enough to pick up its broadcast signal from one of a half-dozen 100-milliwatt neighborhood repeaters. (During its first year of operation, the station could only be heard by residents at the north end of Caledonia Street.) Then the station switched to an online format (visit www.radiosausalito.org/listen) and can now be enjoyed by the wider audience it deserves, 24 hours a day, absolutely free. (Listeners in much of Southern Marin can also tune in at 1610 AM.) Now you, too, can catch such commercial-free programs as “Scratched” (rare old vinyl played cover-tocover without interruption), “Jazz Kitchen” (hot and cool tunes spiced with cooking tips), “Happy Days” (jazz of the ’20s and ’30s), the ever-popular Caledonia Street Blues Hour and live coverage of the Jazz and Blues by the Bay summer concert series at Gabrielson Park. Solid.
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BEST THEATER COMPANY When Robert Currier got a call from a Dominican College student asking if he’d leave the Ukiah Players to revive the long-kaput Marin Shakespeare Company at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, he wasn’t sure if he and his wife, Lesley, would be able to make a go of it. The professional Shakespeare company is now in its 20th year—the Curriers have grown it “from nothing to something quite substantial.” And it’s been—and continues to be—a labor of love. Starting with one play the first year, they now put on three each summer; they also run 15 theater camps as well as classes for teens and adults; and they offer weekly Shakespeare classes at San Quentin. The Curriers remain enthusiastic and anticipate an exciting 2009 season. After all, an outdoor performance of a Bard classic can “Make the coming hour o’erflow with joy” (All’s Well That Ends Well). ----------------------------Marin Shakespeare Company
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael 499.4485 2ND Ross Valley Players, Ross 3RD College of Marin Theater Arts department, Kentfield
BEST USED RECORD STORE Records are not only not out, they are on the upswing as tweens and music fanatics discover the allure of vinyl and its unique sound. Gary Scheuenstuhl has worked in the music business for more than a quartercentury and is pleased that his Mill Valley Music has been voted best used record store two years in a row. Prior to putting out his own shingle, he worked with Village Music, which left a void when it closed. Scheuenstuhl attributes the return to records because time has proven that CDs are NOT better then vinyl. “As an art form, records are amazing,” he points out. In 2008 major labels returned to pressing vinyl, with high-quality pressing more expensive. Records cost about $3 more than their CD counterparts. The store also offers vintage T-shirts, some obscure and best sellers such as Led Zeppelin or AC/DC. A lot of music buffs hang out at Mill Valley Music and bands practice upstairs. A new Web site is in development and will offer more access to music fans everywhere. PACIFIC SUN: Name an essential album from 2008—no greatest hits, reissues or compilations, please. MILL VALLEY MUSIC: The Fleet Foxes is a great debut album from a band from Seattle that was influenced by late Beach Boys (Smile era) and David Crosby (“If I could only remember my name” era). It has interesting chords and cool harmonies. Mojo magazine called it album of the year and it came in No. 5 on Rolling Stone’s top 100 albums of the year. There are some other really good albums that came out in 2008 if anyone wants to call us. Q: Ian Hunter once wrote a song called “Old Records Never Die.” Is that true for you? A: Records are still the coolest medium around for both sonic qualities and the artwork. How many people frame their CDs and hang them on the wall? Q: Aside from Prince’s LoveSexy, I’ve never done that. Next question—Kip Winger once said, “I took my band [Winger] seriously—way more seriously than people took us.” Our question: Are
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we the first people you’ve ever heard quote Kip Winger? A: I can’t say I recall any Kip Winger quotes recently (OK, or ever). Q: Here’s another then: “She’s a magic mountain, she’s a leather glove—oooh, she’s my soul, it must be love!” A: I certainly never took the band seriously, but they did have one of the greatest drummers ever!!!
Q: Winger had the best...anything...ever?! A: Rod Morgenstein—whose [other] claim to fame is being the drummer in the Dixie Dregs—a band worth taking seriously. ----------------------------Mill Valley Music
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tered, money-grubbing Paul Newman) fight over the future of their Texas domain in Martin Ritt’s gritty, haunting adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s Horseman, Pass By. Patricia Neal is all wit, wisdom and molasses magnetism as the ranch housekeeper; James Wong Howe’s cinematography is barren and beautiful; and the film’s pivotal sequence—the destruction of a herd of cattle with hoof-and-mouth disease—is harrowing and unforgettable. THE PROFESSIONALS (1966) Richard Brooks’ The Professionals is all about dialogue, terse, pithy, trenchant, nimble, epigrammatic dialogue, resplendent in its tongue-in-cheek machismo intensity. The plot revolves around four worldweary supermen hired to enter Mexico, traverse mountain and desert, breach a revolutionary’s stronghold, recover a kidnapped wife and bring her safely home.The best scene is when Burt Lancaster and Jack Palance (the Che-like revolutionary) have their big climactic standoff and talk politics for the hell of it:“It’s when the shooting stops, and the dead are buried, and the politicians take over, that you realize you’ve been fighting for one thing: a lost cause.” THE BIG COUNTRY (1958) Jerome Moross’ majestic, Coplandesque score alone would secure The Big Country a spot on anyone’s top Westerns list, but there’s a lot more to relish in William Wyler’s star-studded sociopolitical epic. This sweeping tale of two dynasties feuding over a muddy river is imbued with pacifist undertones unique for the 1950s (Jessamyn West worked on the screenplay), and the climax, with the prideful land baron leading his cattlemen to certain defeat, is prescient indeed. Gregory Peck co-produced and stars. Honorable mentions: The Outlaw Josey Wales, Ride the High Country, 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Fort Apache, The Wild Bunch (1969), Stagecoach (1939), Winchester ‘73, Ruggles of Red Gap, Destry Rides Again, Ace in the Hole (1951).—Matthew Stafford MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009 PACIFIC SUN 85
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alongside The Searchers, Red River, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, et al. Of note, High Noon came in fourth, The Searchers 11th (!). El Topo got five votes, and someone wrote in a vote for The Sons of Katie Elder. And then someone wrote in for Paint Your Wagon. ----------------------------1ST Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 2ND The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 3RD Unforgiven
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‘The Wild Bunch’ finished ninth in our readers’ poll for best Western film; just ahead of it were ‘McCabe and Mrs. Miller,’ ‘Rio Bravo,’ ‘Shane,’ ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ and ‘High Noon.’
Into the Sunset AS OUR 2009 BEST OF MARIN rides off on its faithful steed toward horizons west, our final roundup will throw its lasso around a few Old West categories— and some local points of interest as well.
Clint again. At least John Ford showed well—but Kevin Costner came in sixth, ahead of Bud Boetticher and Anthony Mann. C’mon. ----------------------------1ST Clint Eastwood 2ND John Ford 3RD Sergio Leone
BEST WESTERN ACTOR No surprise: Clint Eastwood won this one overwhelmingly—we like the Duke and all, but the odds of him winning a popularity poll in Marin? “That’ll be the day.” ----------------------------1ST Clint Eastwood 2ND John Wayne 3RD Gary Cooper
BEST WESTERN MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST DAY TRIP WITHIN TWO HOURS OF MARIN
BEST MARIN TOWN, OTHER THAN YOUR OWN
Sonoma is a fitting Old West choice as our favorite non-Marin town: It was there that General Vallejo laid his grand estate, where the Bear Flag revolution gave birth to the state of California and where modern Marinites go to see how Spanish colonial downtown planning circa mid-19th century still beats today’s. ----------------------------1ST Sonoma 2ND Bodega Bay 3RD Calistoga
Fairfax wins for the first time in this category’s three-year existence! It seems the rest of Marin is finally come around to Fairfax’s way of thinking. Gulp. ----------------------------1ST Fairfax 2ND San Anselmo 3RD Mill Valley
Let’s hear it for Palance, Wallach and Hayes—plus Walter Brennan, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Ward Bond, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Elam, Warren Oates, Woody Strode... ----------------------------1ST Jack Palance 2ND Eli Wallach 3RD Gabby Hayes
BEST REAL-LIFE WESTERN CHARACTER
BIGGEST LOCAL NEWS STORY
BEST PLACE TO BRING OUT-OF-TOWNERS Muir Woods wins again...followed again by the Headlands and Mt. Tam. Do we really have that many state park rangers voting? ----------------------------1ST Muir Woods 2ND Marin Headlands 3RD Mt. Tamalpais
BEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT San Rafael City Council took first for the second year in row, but creeping up steadily is the Fairfax Town Council, which nudged Novato out of the second spot (Novato plummeted to fifth) this year. ----------------------------1ST San Rafael City Council 2ND Fairfax Town Council 3RD Mill Valley City Council 86 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
Phoebe Ann Mosey—you know her as Annie Oakley—learned to sharpshoot while hunting small animals as a young girl. (Her pappy taught her to “shoot for the eyes” so as not to spoil the meat). When she became a markswoman star for Buffalo Bill’s show, she could blow five holes in a playing card before it hit the ground. Or so they say. She also won more than 50 libel suits after Hearst newspapers falsely spread stories that she was a cocaine fiend. ----------------------------1ST Annie Oakley 2ND Wyatt Earp 3RD Calamity Jane
BEST WESTERN FILM Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a great screenplay, buddy movie, comedy and star vehicle—but Western aficionados generally turn their noses up at its credentials
The light brown apple moth didn’t have much for wings—finishing sixth in this category. SMART was only fifth and the housing market a surprisingly low fourth. Our favorite write-in: “A bot of swank in Marin.” Damn straight. ----------------------------1ST Marin gives Obama biggest victory in state 2ND Prop. 8 3RD Fire engulfs Angel Island
WORST TRAFFIC JAM Not anymore, thank goodness. ----------------------------1ST Highway 101 south (morning) 2ND Highway 101 north (evening) 3RD Novato Narrows
WORST WESTERN FILM Dances with Wolves got 60 votes, finishing
sixth, slightly ahead of Young Guns. Just thought that needed pointing out. ----------------------------1ST City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold 2ND Three Amigos 3RD The Gambler, starring Kenny Rogers
WORST WESTERN STEREOTYPE Marin’s disdain for Virginal schoolteachers surprised us as well. For the record, the “good bad guy” beat the “bad good guy” by two votes. ----------------------------1ST Vigirnal schoolteachers 2ND Noble savage 3RD Hooker, heart of gold
OTHER GREAT WESTERN FILMS NOT NAMED IN MATT STAFFORD’S LIST ON P.85: The Shooting (1967) Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates and more existential angst than Solaris and Red Desert put together. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Sergio Leone redefined the Western film with his Eastwood trilogy, but only here is he finally in full command of the self-parody for which he’d always strived. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) And so John Ford launches the Westernrevisionist movement—a retaliation against the lies and myths furthered for decades by Hollywood, and John Ford. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Ever since the “death of the Western” in the early 1970s, every five years or so one more true classic emerges. This is 2006 to 2009’s. Shane (1953) We like to think that in the final scene (“Shane! Come back!”) our hero is mortally wounded and riding off toward his death. From what we know, we’re the only ones who like to think that. The Wild Bunch (1969) “It ain’t your word that counts, Pike! It’s who you give it to.” Straight to Hell (1987) Elvis Costello, Shane MacGowan, Courtney Love and Joe Strummer drinking coffee in a ghost town and singing “Danny Boy”; title from a song about Amer-Asian bastard children from the Vietnam War. The Proposition (2005) If Italian-produced films about the American West shot in Spain are called Spaghetti Westerns, what’s an Australian one called? A Vegemite Western. High Noon (1952) This is a thrilling film, but we agree with Howard Hawks—we wouldn’t help Marshal Will Kane either! Stagecoach (1939) Hooker with heart of gold, fancy-boy gambler, drunk doctor, doofus stage driver, snooty soldier’s wife, greedy banker and John Wayne—all on the run from outlaws and savages (who don’t have the sense to shoot the stagecoach horses, for crissakes). And the modern Western was born.—Jason Walsh
›› MOViES
Friday March 27-Thursday April 2
Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford and Jason Walsh
We’ve found baking soda with a squeeze of lemon takes care of even the toughest of blood stains.‘Sunshine Cleaning’ opens this week in Marin.
O Cherry Blossoms Director Dorris Dorrie’s latest follows one man’s pilgrimage to Japan where he seeks solace from tragedy through the beauty of Butoh. O Duplicity Ex-secret agents Julia Roberts and Clive Owen go mercenary as they pursue a topsecret formula for rival conglomerates; oh yeah, they fall in love too. O The Great Buck Howard (1:27) John Malkovich as a once-successful nightclub magician plotting a comeback; Tom Hanks and Ricky Jay costar. O He’s Just Not That Into You (2:09) The self-help dating book hits the big screen with Kris Kristofferson, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore and Ben Affleck trying to navigate the shoals and eddies of romantic love. O Hotel for Dogs (1:40) Two teens turn an abandoned inn into a pooch-friendly hotel with all the canine amenities. O The Haunting in Connecticut (1:32) A family that has never seen The Others, The Amityville Horror or The Exorcist relocates to a charming Victorian home on the East Coast and is shocked to discover it haunted by a grisly past. O I Love You, Man (1:50) A buddy-less young dude searches for a bro he’ll feel close enough to to have as best man at his wedding. O Is Anybody There? Michael Caine is an aging magician who settles down at an English rest home ands befriends a 10-year-old smitten by the paranormal. Watch Caine pull some charmin’ out of his hat. O Knowing (1:55) A departed seer’s eerily accurate predictions of natural catastrophes cause angst untold for Professor Nicolas Cage when it turns out that the next item on the menu features himself as main course. O The Last House on the Left Two dutiful parents wreak bloody vengeance on the hoodlums who attacked their daughter. O Man On Wire (1:34) Oscar-winning documentary looks at the day 34 years ago when rogue aerialist Phillippe Petite walked the high wire between New York’s newly completed Twin Towers. O Monsters vs. Aliens (1:34) We’re going with the aliens in this one. What, it’s in 3-D? We’ll take monsters.
O Paul Blart: Mall Cop (1:27) Kevin James as a suburban security officer whose mettle is tested when goons take over his megaplex. O Pink Panther 2 (1:32) Yet another attempt to eradicate the memory of Peter Sellers; Steve Martin pretends to be Inspector Clouseau. O Race to Witch Mountain (1:39) Cabbie Dwayne Johnson gives a lift to two runaway teens who just happen to possess supernatural powers. O The Reader (2:02) A young lawyer discovers that the older woman he once loved may be guilty of wartime atrocities; Kate Winslet gives an Oscar-winning performance. O Slumdog Millionaire (2:00) A teenage orphan recounts his life in the slums of Mumbai when he becomes a national icon on a TV game show; Danny Boyle directs. O Sunshine Cleaning (1:42) A pair of sisters launches a crime-scene-cleaning business only to discover that their chosen line of work isn’t merely murder on the knees. O Taken (1:33) Retired secret agent Liam Neeson searches the more photogenic neighborhoods of Paris for his kidnapped teenage daughter. O Tiburon Film Festival The eighth annual fest serves up nine days of in-person tributes, special events, shorts and features from here and around the globe; visit tiburonfilmfestival.com for schedule and info. O 12 Rounds (1:48) In order to save his kidnapped girlfriend from a sadistic terrorist, a detective, played by pro-wrestler John Cena, must complete 12 grueling challenges, one of which is actually watching 12 Rounds. O Two Lovers (1:50) Moody New Yorker Joaquin Phoenix finds himself torn between the saucy charms of Gwyneth Paltrow and the more prudent allure of Vinessa Shaw; what’s a fella to do? O The Wrestler (1:45) Mickey Rourke is back as an over-the-hill wrestler trying to rejigger his life with the help of simpatico stripper Marisa Tomei. <
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›› MOViE TiMES + 12 Rounds (PG-13) Northgate: 11:50, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Rowland: F-Su 11, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10; M-Th 11, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15 + Cherry Blossoms (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: F-Su 4:10 Duplicity (PG-13) CinéArts Marin: F 4:10, 7, 9:50; Sa 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:45; Su 1:20, 4:10, 7; M-Th 4:50, 7:40 Fairfax: 3:50, 6:40, 9:25; Sa-Su 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 Larkspur Landing: F 5, 7:50, 10:40; Sa-Su 11:20, 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10:40; M-Th 6:30, 9:20 Regency: F 11:40, 1:15, 2:40, 4:10, 5:30, 7:10, 8:40, 10:05; Sa-Su 10:05, 11:40, 1:15, 2:40, 4:10, 7:10, 8:40; M-Th 11:40, 1:15, 2:40, 4:10, 5:30, 7:10, 8:40 Rowland: 10:45, 1:35, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 The Great Buck Howard (PG) Rafael Film Center: F 3:55, 6:30, 8:30; Sa-Su 1:45, 3:55, 6:30, 8:30; M-Th 6:30, 8:30 + The Haunting in Connecticut (PG-13) Northgate: 11:15, 1, 2:20, 3:30, 4:50, 5:55, 7:15, 8:15, 9:40, 10:30 Rowland: F-Su 11:45, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:10; M-Th 11:45, 2:15, 5, 7:45 He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13) Northgate: 7:15, 10:10 Hotel for Dogs (PG) Northgate: 12:05, 2:30, 5:05 I Love You, Man (R) Larkspur Landing: F 5:35, 8:10, 10:45; Sa-Su12:30, 3, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45; M-Th 7:15, 9:40 Regency: F-Su 11, 12:20, 1:40, 3, 4:20,
+ = New Movies This Week 5:40, 7, 8:20, 9:45; M-Th 11, 12:20, 1:40, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:20 Rowland: F 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; Sa-Th 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 + Is Anybody There? (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: W7 Knowing (PG-13) CinéArts Marin: F 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Sa 1:30, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Su 1:30, 4:40, 7:20; M-Th 4:40, 7:20 Fairfax: 4:10, 7, 9:40; Sa-Su 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: F 5:15, 8, 10:35; Sa-Su 11:35, 2:25, 5:15, 8, 10:05; M-Th7, 9:50 Northgate: 11:35, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:25 Rowland: F-Su 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45; M-Th 12:15, 3:15, 6:30 The Last House on the Left (R) Northgate: 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 Man on Wire (Not Rated) Lark: F 2; Sa 4:45; Su 3; Tu, Th 5 + Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) Cinema: 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Fairfax: 4:30, 5:10, 6:50, 7:20, 9, 9:30; Sa-Su 12:10, 12:50, 2:20, 3, 4:30, 5:10, 6:50, 7:20, 9, 9:30 Northgate: 12:20, 1:10, 2:50, 3:40, 5:20, 6:15, 7:50, 8:40, 10:20 Playhouse: F 4:30, 7, 9:10; Sa 2, 4:30, 7, 9:10; Su 2, 4:30, 7; M-Th 4:30, 7 Rowland: F-Su 11:30, 12:30, 2, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 8, 9:30, 10:30; M-Th 11:30, 12:30, 2, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 8 Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) Northgate: 11:25, 4: 8:45 Pink Panther 2 (PG) North-
gate: 11:45, 1:55, 4:15 Race to Witch Mountain (PG) Fairfax: 4:30, 6:50, 9:10; Sa-Su 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 Larkspur Landing: F 5:20, 7:40, 10:10; Sa-Su 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10; M-Th 6:45, 9:10 Northgate: 12:15, 1:40, 2:45, 5:10, 6:25, 7:40, 10 Rowland: F-Su 12, 2:45, 5:15, 8:15, 10:40; M-Th 12, 2:45, 5:15, 8:15 The Reader (R) CinéArts Marin: F 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Sa 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Su 1:40, 4:25, 7:10; M-Th 4:30, 7:20 Slumdog Millionaire (R) Playhouse: F 3:50, 6:40, 9:25; Sa 1. 3:50, 6:40, 9:25; Su 1, 3:50, 6:40; M-Th 3:50, 6:40 Rafael Film Center: F, M, T, Th 7, 9:30; Sa-Su 1:30, 7, 9:30; W 9:30 + Sunshine Cleaning (R) CinéArts Sequoia: 4:45, 6, 7, 8:15; Sa-Su 12:15, 1:30, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 6, 7, 8:15 Regency: F-Su 11:15, 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 3:55, 7:15, 8:35, 9:55; M-Th 11:15, 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 5:55, 7:15, 8:35 Taken (PG-13) Lark: F, W 4; Sa, Th 7, 9:15; Su 5; M-Tu 7 Northgate: 12:25, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:40 Two Lovers (R) Playhouse: F 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Sa 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Su 1:30, 4:10, 6:50; Th 4:10, 6:50 Rafael Film Center: F 4:25, 6:45, 9:20; Sa-Su 2, 4:25, 6:45, 9:20; M-Th 6:45, 9:20 The Wrestler (R) Northgate: 6:50, 9:20
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.
›› THEATERS CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 800-326-3264 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264
Magic is more smoke than mirrors in ‘Is Anybody There?’ Showing April 1, and opening for a longer run later in the month at the Rafael. MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009 PACIFIC SUN 87
SUNDiAL live music FRI/MAR 27
19 Broadway The English Beat (ska) BookBeat Poetic Injustice (hip-hop poetry) Fourth Street Tavern The Long Band (Brit pop) Horizons Roger Glenn’s Latin Jazz Band Lark Theater The Waybacks with The Wronglers (bluegrass/Americana) Marin Masonic Hall Marin Music Showcase with Dore Coller and Bermuda Grass, Pat Nevins Trio and the Stark Ravens
no name bar Michael Aragon Quartet (jazz) Pelican Inn Brian Wallace Peri’s Spinout Rancho Nicasio Learning Curve Saylor’s Restaurant Mindy Canter (jazz flute) Seafood Peddler Judy Hall Duo (jazz) Servino’s Norman Beautista (Latin) Smiley’s Saloon Sweetness (rock) Taste of Rome New Rising Sons (Americana/blues) The Sleeping Lady WTJ2 with Wendy Fitz The Two Bird Cafe Dave Haskell Group (jazz) Travis Marina Jhana (electric jazz)
SAT/MAR 28
19 Broadway Chrome Johnson Benissimo Restaurant Meline Jazz Duo Cafe Divino James Moseley Jazz Trio Finnegan’s Marin Dave and Dan (sassy acoustic) Fourth Street Tavern Supahat Horizons Mindy Canter Group (jazz flute) Iron Springs Pub Larry Carlin and the Whutknotts (folk/Americana) KWMR Studios KWMR Accodion-a-thon Block Party Mama’s Royal Cafe Frederick Nighthawk (piano brunch) Mill Valley Masonic Events Center Creation (reggae) Peri’s 35R (rock) Rancho Nicasio Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s Saylor’s Restaurant Eugene Huggins (blues rock) Seafood Peddler Andy y su Orquesta Callao (salsa) Servino’s Steve Carter Group (jazz) Smiley’s Saloon Stephanie Keys (blues) The Sleeping Lady Bonnie Hayes Travis Marina The Billy Boys (country rock)
SUN/MAR 29 Get in on some high-caliber African drumming, dancing and singing with Gabe Harris’ Rhythm Village, March 27 at Mill Valley’s 142 Throckmorton Theatre.
›› LiVE MUSiC VENUES 142 Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley • 383-9600 • 142throckmortontheatre.com 19 Broadway 17 Broadway, Fairfax • 621-5150 • 19broadway.com 4th Street Tavern 711 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-4044 Broken Drum 1132 Fourth St., Fairfax • 456-4677 • brokendrum.com Finnegan’s 877 Grant Ave, Novato • 899-1516 • finnegansmarin.com Iron Springs Pub & Brewery 765a Center Blvd., Fairfax • 485-1005 • ironspringspub.com Marin Brewing Co. 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur • 461-4677 • marinbrewing.com Marin Center Showcase Theater 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael • 499-6800 no name bar 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito • 332-1392 The Old Western Saloon 11201 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station • 663-1661 • myspace.com/oldwesternsaloon Panama Hotel Restaurant 4 Bayview St., San Rafael • 457-3993 • panamahotel.com Peri’s Silver Dollar Bar 29 Broadway, Fairfax • 459-9910 • home.earthlink.net/~mikebtl Presidio Yacht Club Clubhouse on Horseshoe Cove, Fort Baker • 332-2319 • presidioyachtclub.org Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio • 662-2219 • ranchonicasio.com Sabor of Spain 1301 Fourth St., San Rafael • 457-VINO • saborofspain.com Saylor’s Restaurant and Bar 2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito • 332-1512 • saylorsrestaurantandbar.com Schoenburg Guitars 106 Main St., Tiburon • 789-0846 • www.om28.com The Sleeping Lady 23 Broadway, Fairfax • 485-1182 • sleepingladyfairfax.com Smileys 41 Wharf Rd., Bolinas • 868-1311 • coastalpost.com This list is of venues that are primarily for live music, more than once a week. For info on other venues not on this list, please go to our online community calendar. ›› pacificsun.com/sundial 88 PACIFIC SUN MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009
19 Broadway Crossroads Graduation Show Bay Area Sound Studios North Bay Musician Mixer and Jam Session (2pm), BandWorks School of Rock Bands Mama’s Royal Cafe Caroline Dahl (piano brunch) no name bar Mal Sharpe’s Dixieland Band Osher Marin JCC Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir Palace of Fine Arts Theater Branford Marsalis Quartet (jazz) Rancho Nicasio Loralee Christensen Seafood Peddler Gary Rowe (jazz) Smiley’s Saloon New Moon Players Open Mic The Sleeping Lady Bonnie Hayes (jazz)
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WED/APR 1
142 Throckmorton Theatre Bearfoot (bluegrass) 19 Broadway Batrhyme, American Economy (rock) Iron Springs Pub Barbwyre (Americana) Marin Brewing Company Petty Theft (tribute band) Peri’s Sacred Profanities (twangy country)
THU/APR 2
19 Broadway Moonalice (blues rock) no name bar Shine (jazz) Peri’s Maybelle (Cajun rock) Servino’s Nahamain Sataya (jazz/blues)
FRI/APR 3
BookBeat Vlad’s Trance Night (world dance) Eric Schoenberg Guitars Walter Strauss (bluegrass/folk/world guitar) Horizons Roger Glenn’s Latin Jazz Band Palace of Fine Arts Theater Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer Project (jazz) Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman and Viktor Krauss. Pelican Inn Brian Wallace Peri’s Sweetie Pie and the Doughboys (funk/blues rock) Rancho Nicasio The Rancho Allstars (r&b/soul) Servino’s Trailer Park Rangers (rock) Zellerbach, Hall B Habib Koité & Bamada (Mali pop)
SAT/APR 4
19 Broadway Monophonics (funk) Horizons Mindy Canter Group (jazz flute) Peri’s Night at the Opry Benefit with Rusty Evan’s Ring of Fire, Rancho Deluxe,
Larkspur’s Community Association will sponsor a mid-week chase-awaythe-blues dinner dance featuring local favorite Beatles jam band the Rubber Souldiers on March 31. Danny Montana (country) Rancho Nicasio The Fabulous Bud E Luv (Vegas-style dinner and dancing) Servino’s Paula Bradman (jazz) Two Bird Cafe Namely Us Jazz Quintet
SUN/APR 5
19 Broadway David Shapireau Peri’s Peri’s Blues Jam Rancho Nicasio Jenny Kerr with Rene de la Prade (Americana/blues)
MON/MAR 30
19 Broadway Open Mic with Derek Smith BookBeat Cafe Kari and Joe Simpson (folk) Peri’s Billy D’s Acoustic Open Mic Seafood Peddler Jerry Long Duo (jazz) The Sleeping Lady Open Mic with Simon Costa
TUE/MAR 31
19 Broadway Danny Uzilevsky (guitar/ vocals) Nick’s Cove WTJ with Wendy Fitz no name bar Open Mic with Damir Panama Hotel Swing Fever plays music of Harold Arlen and Arthur Schwartz (jazz) Peri’s Andre Mottershead (solo acoustic) Seafood Peddler Gary Rowe (jazz) The Sleeping Lady Krickie (folk)
For a foot-stomping good time, see if you can still score a ticket to the Waybacks/Wronglers doubleheader at the lovely Lark Theater on March 27.
weekend 2 weekend [ Our ten-day guide to what’s going on ] Want more than 10 days? Search keywords, events or dates. ›› pacificsun.com/sundial Through 04/12: Lydia In this shocking and poetic play by award-winning Bay Area playwright Octavio Solis, a 1970s Mexican immi03/28-29: Room 15 Ross Valley Players contin- grant family is mired in grief, rage and guilt over ues its Alternative Works Stage Readings Seriesa daughter’s accident. For mature audiences with “Room 15.” An idealistic teacher at a private only. See www.marintheatre.org for performboys’ school battles ance times. $31-51. politics and hypocMarin Theatre Comrisy. Written by Elyce pany, 397 Miller Ave., Melmon, directed by Mill Valley. Linda Dunn. 3pm. Through 04/26: The $7. Ross Valley Players Last Night of BalBarn Theatre, 30 Sir lyhoo The inevitability Francis Drake Blvd., of World War II and Ross. 456-9555. www. the film debut of “Gone rossvalleyplayers.com with the Wind” inter03/28: Emergency sect to form a backdrop Daniel Beaty has writfor this Alfred Uhry ten and stars in this comedy. Shows at 8pm award-winning oneFridays and Saturdays; man show in which he 2pm Sundays April portrays a cast of 40 5, 12, 19, 26; 7:30pm characters all respondThursdays April 2, 9, ing to an unexpected 16, 23. 8pm. $15-25. phenomenon. 8pm. Ross Valley Players $25-30. 142 ThrockOctavio Solis’ ‘Lydia’ presents a hard look into the lives of a Barn Theatre, 30 Sir morton Theatre, Mill family coping with their daughter’s tragic brain injury at Francis Drake Blvd., Valley. www.142throck the Marin Theatre Company through April 12. Ross. 456-9555 . www. mortontheatre.org rossvalleyplayers.com 04/03-04: Ascension of the Blues-An American Musical Journey Featuring music that will rattle your bones, heart-palpitating dance numbers and captivating storytelling, Jimmy Dillon’s Through 03/30: Heartscape and Female production highlights the blues in a fresh Archetypes Paintings by Koorosh Ostowari new way. Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit in two series, “Hearscape” and “Female ArcheBlue Star Music Camps. 8-10:30pm. $38types”. 10am-5 pm. Free. San Geronimo Valley 40. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.org Blvd., San Geronimo. www.sgvcc.org
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BEST BET Making herstory This is the fifth year for the SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (SFWFF) which, as the title so helpfully suggests, is a showcase for celebrating women in all areas of film. Opening night features two American documentaries: the first, Bay Area Cypher, directed by Idris Hassan, is about the evolution of hip-hop in S.F., followed by Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority, directed by Kimberlee Bassford, about the late politician from Hawaii who made waves in 1965 by being the first woman of color to serve in Congress and by speaking out against the Vietnam War and co-authoring legislation prohibiting sex discrimination in schools. There are, of course, lots more events, panels, tributes, live music performances and films—including Dandelion Dharma, a whimsical tale of a 20-something female struggling to pull the weeds of a failed romance in her community garden plot while under the guidance of three mysterious women and their laced brownies and shots of vodka. Yep, that sounds about right. April 1-5, various locations, San Francisco. For info, visit online at www.sfwff.com.—Samantha Campos
›› SUNDiAL Through 03/31: Local Landscapes Kate Peper’s gouache and watercolor paintings of Marin are on display through March. Free. Local Flora, 100 Red Hill Ave., San Anselmo. 485-1973. Through 03/31: Theatre Arts Mill Valley’s 142 Throckmorton Theatre hosts a monthlong exhibition of artworks by Jon Francis, Joni Bissel, Victoria Mimiaga, Doug Andelin and Ben Farnheim. The subject? Mill Valley’s 142 Throckmorton Theatre. The lobby is open Tuesdays-Saturdays from 2-6pm. 383-9600. www.142throckmortontheatre.org Through 04/04: Reaffirming Stories Influenced by abstract expressionism, Kristen Garneaus landscapes explore the fragility, history and integrity of our natural environment. 9am-4pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. Through 04/26: Phil Frank, Saul Robbins and Frank Gyory Openings “Eye Witness,” retrospective of works by treasured Bay Area artist, cartoonist and historian Phil Frank. “Initial Intake:”Saul Robbins photographic examination of psychotherapists chairs. Metal sculpture in the CMA gallery by Frank Gyory. 3-5pm. Free. Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. www.bolinasmuseum.org
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 03/28: Text and Textiles: Cultural Stories, Unfolding Fashion The Textile Arts Council presents Dr. Susan Kaiser of UC Davis, speaking about the clues to identity within textiles. Ms. Kaiser is a professor of textiles, clothing and womens’ studies, and author of “The Social Psychology of Clothing: Symbolic Appearances in Context.” 10am-noon. $5-10. Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, San Francisco. www.textileartscouncil.org 03/29: Healing and Earth Changes A discussion regarding the technique of “Healing Hand Activation” and world changes according to Hopi Indian prophecies. Please bring a snack. 6:30-9:30pm. Donation. Unity In Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato. 650349-2651.
talks 03/28: Author Joe Gores Mystery writer Gores talks about his latest book “Spade and Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon.” 2pm Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 03/28: Find Your Funny Bone Join author Nancy Gold in a signing of her new book, “The Actor’s Guide to Physical Comedy and Characters.” There will be fun activities, games and exercises designed to expand your silly side. 2-3pm. Free. Borders, 588 West Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. www.findingyourfunnybone.com 03/28: Joey Yap and Feng Shui Teacher, consultant and best selling author Joey Yap discusses his new book,”Pure Feng Shui,” which explores how classical Feng Shui can be used as a potent tool to overcome challenges in life. 7:30-9:30pm. Open Secret Bookstore, 293 C St., San Rafael. www.opensecretbookstore.com 03/28: Modern Day Kerouac Story with Susan Jane Gilman The author discusses her memoir, Slam poetry, multi-character transformations and songs are featured in “Undress Me in the Temple of Daniel Beaty’s award-winning one-man show at the 142 Throckmorton Heaven.” 7pm Free. Book Passage, Theatre on March 28.
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›› SUNDiAL 03/29: Queer Punk Rock with Jon Ginoli The author talks about “Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division” which chronicles the first proud queer punk rock band to hit the semi-big time. 2pm Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 03/30: Author Germaine Greer at Dominican Greer discusses her latest book, “Shakespeare’s Wife” which presents a fascinating reconstruction of Anne Hathaway’s life and an illuminating look at the daily lives of Elizabethan women, from their working routines to the rituals of courtship and the minutiae of married life. 7pm Angelico Hall, Dominican University, San Rafael. 03/30: Monday Salon with Bill Mercer, Clara Hsu and Katayoon Zanvalkili Poetry and music, art and an open mic with host Angar Mora. 5:45-8:45pm $7. Cafe Arrividerci, 11 G St., San Rafael. 03/31: Michael Medved Author and talkradio host Medved talks about “The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation” which zeroes in on what he believes to be 10 of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country. 7pm Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 03/31: Preserving Native American Cultural Resources in Marin The annual meeting of the Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin presents speaker Nick Tipon, who will discuss the ongoing efforts to preserve Native American sacred sites in Marin and Sonoma. 7-9pm. Free. Miller Creek Middle School Library, 2255 Las Galinas Ave., San Rafael. www.mapom.org 04/01: Andy Warhol Discussion Jim Kohn gives an illustrated talk on “Warhol Live,” a current exhibit at the de Young that explores
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Warhol’s work as seen through the lens of music. 1-2pm. Free. San Rafael City Council Chambers, 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 485-3321. 04/01: Is Anybody There? -Film Screening and Interview Michael Caine portrays The Amazing Clarence, a down-on-his-luck magician in 1980s seaside England who befriends a young boy determined to discover the afterlife. Ruthe Stein interviews producer Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine, Everything Is Illuminated). Followed by a question-and-answer session. 7pm. $10. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-1222. www.cafilm.org 04/01: Joseph Boyden The author talks about his novel “Through Black Spruce.” 7pm Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 04/02: Nafisa Haji Author Haji talks about her novel “The Writing on My Forehead.” 7pm Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
outdoors 03/28-29: Baylands Wildflower Hikes Spectacular flowers and views await you on the Sonoma Land Trust’s annual Baylands wildflower hike on Cougar Mountain between Novato and Petaluma. These hikes are open to the public and free of charge, but space is limited and preregistration is required. 10am-2pm. Sears Point Ranch, Near Hwy 37 and Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma. 707-544-5614. www.sonomalandtrust.org 03/28: Ring Mountain Restoration Join the Marin County Parks and Open Space Department, the Green Gorillas, Marin Montessori and Marin Country Day School in removing invasive weeds and learning about our native plants. After lunch, naturalist David Herlocker will lead a short walk to see some of the rare plants found here. 9am-1pm. Free. Ring Mountain Preserve, Taylor Road, Corte Madera. 507-2818. www. marinopenspace.org 03/29: Mock Canon Battle on the Bay Ahoy there, mateys! See two traditionally rigged ships, the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian
Jah jammin’ and roots rockin’ A soulful and dynamic force of uplifting roots-reggae, ska and dancehall rhythms, Creation is an underground band of musicians from the islands of Jamaica, St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Bay Area. Led by vocalists Stanton “Israel Powerhouse” Heaven, Enroy “Tenor” Grant and Rahsul, Creation’s individual band members have performed with the likes of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, Third World, Ziggy Marley and Carlos Santana. Creation has performed at nightclubs, dance halls and major concert venues for over a decade, including tours to Jamaica and the Caribbean, where reggae is as much a way of life as it is an entertainment style. Plus, what other reggae band can claim membership in the San Francisco Bay Area Better Business Bureau? Now that’s irie, mon. 8:30pm March 28 at Mill Valley Masonic, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. Info: Call 415/389-5072 or visit online at www. murphy productions. com. —SC
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Surprising and wide-ranging arrangements of music from Brahms to the Beatles are par for the course with the San Francisco Cello Quartet, performing on March 29 in Mill Valley.
Chieftain, fight a mock cannon battle on San Francisco Bay from the deck of the schooner Seaward. 2-5pm. $25-40. Schooner, Bay Model Visitors Center, Sausalito. 331-3214. www.callofthesea.org 04/02: Muir Woods Fern Creek Trail Hike Enjoy an easy new hike in Muir Woods via Fern Creek and Camp Alice Eastwood. Meet at Miller and Locust (bus stop) in Mill Valley at 9:30am, back by 1:30pm. Sierra Club sponsored. Rain cancels. 9:30am. Free. Mill Valley. 461-9255.
concerts 03/27: Brass Menazeri Balkan Brass Band High-energy Serbian Rom (gypsy) brass band and music from the Greek/Macedonian border region. 8pm. $18. Dance Palace, 501 B St., Point Reyes Station. www.dancepalace.org 03/29: San Francisco Cello Quartet Cellists Eric Sung, Nina Flyer, Michelle Djokic and Miriam Perkoff perform a program which includes works by Bach, the Beatles, Brahms and Leonard Bernstein as arranged for cello quartet. 7-9pm. $12-15. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. 04/02: Corte Madera Town Band “Thursday Night Buffet” annual spring concert. 7:30pm. Free. Corte Madera Recreation Center, 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. www.cortemaderatownband.org
performing arts 03/27: Rhythm Village Rhythm Village’s Gabriel Harris, along with Ben Isaacs, Naby Bangoura, Mandjou Kone, Mohamed Kouyate, Bongo Sidibe, Vir McCoy, John Schroeder, Pamela Jankelow, Wendy Wilkinson, Morgan Fieri, Acequia Carrie Staller and Joti Singh share a spirited evening of African drumming, dancing and singing. 8-10pm. $20-30. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. www.rhythmvillage.net 03/28: José Carreras An evening with worldfamous Catalan operatic tenor José Carreras. Carreras gained fame as one of the Three Tenors along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano
Pavarotti. 8pm. $45 -150. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. www.marincenter.org 03/29: Dancing for Rachel Come celebrate the life of Rachel Corrie with this program of Arabic music, dance and readings from her letters. Performers include Hannah and Danceversity students, Evil Eye belly dance, Terry Di Giorno and Raks Terayz. Live music by Helm. Benefit for the Rachel Corrie Foundation. 4pm. $15-20. World Dance Fitness, 40 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo. 462-2722.
kid stuff 03/28: Chalk-Painting Workshop Youth in Arts and Northgate offer a free chalk-painting workshop for youth of all ages, led by Youth in Arts mentor Tia Starr Warner. Tia will demonstrate techniques to create chalk paintings in anticipation of the annual Italian Street Painting Festival on June 13 and 14 in downtown San Rafael. 1-3pm. Free. Northgate Mall, Food Court, San Rafael. 457-4878. www.youthinarts.org 03/28: Fish Feeding Frenzy Help Ranger Bill Cope feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of perch, crabs, sea stars, and steelhead trout. 3pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. www.spn.usace.army.mil/ bmvc 03/28: Oliver! Mill Valley Middle School’s production of “Oliver.” 1pm Marin Civic Center, Showcase Theater, Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 03/28: Trout in the Gallery Watch the cycle of the trout from eggs to fry in the Bay Model fish nursery. Learn why these rapidly declining native fish species need to be protected and preserved. This talk follows the fish feeding frenzy. 3:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 03/29: Family Royal Ball The second annual Royal Ball promises a majestic evening for children and families to enjoy a royal feast, live auction, a Lego castle building contest, family carriage rides and a jousting tournament. The event raises money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research
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Foundation. 3:30-7pm. $75-150. Marin Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. www. curetype1.org/royalball 04/01: Miss Kitty Clap, jump, wiggle and sing to the music of museum favorite Miss Kitty. 30 minute performances at 10 and 11am on Wednesday and Thursday, no registration required. 10am $5-$6. Bay Area Discover Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito.
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community events 03/25: Learn to Square Dance Do-si-do on down and join forces with the Tam Twirlers Square Dance Club and caller Eric Henerlau. If you need more swinginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fun, a 10-week session begins on April 1. Contemporary music and casual dress. 6:45-8pm. Free. Marin Rod & Gun Club, 2675 E. Francisco, San Rafael. 389-9622. www.tamtwirlers.org 03/27: NWPC Elected Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luncheon Join the National Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Political Caucus of Marin in honoring county women elected to public office and young women student leaders. Guest speakers are Delaine Eastin, former state supt. of public instruction and Betty Yee, former chairman of the state Board of Equalization. 11:30am.-1:30pm. $40. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. www. marinnwpc.org 03/28: 18th Annual Square Dance and Spaghetti Dinner Swing your partner at the 18th annual Open Classroom Square Dance and Spaghetti Dinner with the New Blue Ridge Highballers and a professional caller. The evening will include dinner, raffle, bake sale, photo booth, child care and dancing to live music! 5:30pm. $7-35, under 5 free. Lagunitas School District Multi Purpose Room, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 497-6363. 03/28: Back in Time on the Bay Have you ever imagined what San Francisco Bay looked like thousands of years ago? Walk back in geologic time with Park Ranger Elizabeth Evans on a tour of the Bay Model to explore the natural (and unnatural) changes that have shaped our Bay from prehistoric times to the 21st century. 11am-noon. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. 03/28: Coastal Camp Open House The Headlands Institute presents an opportunity to meet their camp staff, participate in a family hike, and check the tidepool creatures in a new marine lab. 1-4pm. Free. Headlands Institute, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Building 1033, Sausalito. 332-6961. www.coastalcamp.org 03/28: Medieval Live Chess Game and Demonstrations Brain meets brawn as medieval-styled fighters take to the field in a real chess match as would be played out upon the board. There will also be demonstrations on arts and sciences of the Middle Ages. Huzzah! Potluck
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03/30: Monday Night at the Movies The Mikado (1939). 7:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, Creekside Room, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 383-2812. www.cityofmillvalley. org. 03/31: Marin County Elementary Science Fair The Marin County Office of Education invites you to view over 200 science exhibits showcasing the work of both public and private school students throughout Marin. 9am-4pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace. army.mil/bmvc/ 04/02: Newborn Care: Survive and Thrive Get your questions answered by a neonatal specialist/hospital educator. Help yourself feel more confident in your ability to care for your
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VIDEO Licensed killing, lady bedding and Aston Martin driving Daniel Craig turns in another best-Bond performance in QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and the film blazes along in the franchise’s finest tradition, but I’d argue the vote is still out on whether this or any Agent 007 should be quite so troubled and psychoanalyzed by his colleagues as he goes about his licensed killing, lady bedding and Aston Martin driving. No one, after all, has ever cared what the glowering Dark Knight’s favorite drink is. While Broccoli & Co. continue honing their iconic character, they’ve wisely made the world of Bond as retro and classy as a French blue shirt. This time the threat to queen and country is posed by rogue environmentalist Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), an all-too-believable villain of the near future with an eye for natural resources. Solace opens with a harrowing foot chase across the Renaissance rooftops of Siena, then jets to Port Au Prince for a bit of knife-play and makes a detour to the shores of Lake Constance, Austria, for an underworld meeting during the performance of Tosca. The film’s climactic air chase—through the canyons of Bolivia in a deco-era DC-3—caps a Bond installment that’s as sure of itself as any since the Sean Connery heyday.—Richard Gould
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nonprofits/ volunteers 03/30: An Evening with Peace Corps Learn how you can put your skills and experiences to use at the grassroots level assisting communities around the world. At this event, returned volunteers and recruiters will be on hand to answer your questions about Peace Corps service. 6:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Community Center - Forest Room, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. www. peacecorps.gov 04/01: Marin County Bicycle Coalition Annual Member Meeting Come learn about the challenges of converting an old railroad tunnel to a bicycle and pedestrian pathway. Dave Bernardi will present a slide show about the progress of the construction. The meeting also features the annual board election. Join MCBC to attend this member meeting. 6:30pm. Free. San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro St., San Rafael. 272-2756. www.marinbike.org Ongoing: Orientation for School Volunteers Marin County School Volunteers is offering orientations for volunteer tutors. Your only qualification is that you enjoy kids and want to help them succeed in school. We ask that you commit to only one hour per week. There are teachers waiting for volunteers, and a child waiting for someone like you. 10-noon. Free. Marin County Office of Education, 1111 Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael. 4995896. www.mcsv.org <
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an Hicks sports one of the most original sounds in pop music, an acoustic-based hipster groove coupled with irreverent lyrics that are delivered with a droll wit. That blend of folk, old-timey jazz, swing and blues defies easy definition. It’s been called sardonic swing and toe-tapping-mountain-hippie swing. Hicks himself has even been likened to Hoagie Carmichael with a roach clip. How does this Mill Valley musician describe his sound? “I call it folk swing,” he says dryly and with a bemused twang. “It’s a hybrid of my two favorite kinds of music: folk and jazz. You could just say that I’m the king of folk swing—I’m the father, actually, of folk Musicians have been trying to one-up Hendrix’s teeth swing. I invented the genre and I know technique since Monterey. exactly what day and what time. “You got a problem with that?” he It fits right in with Hicks’ signature folk chuckles. swing. No problem. This Santa Rosa native honed his chops In fact, Hicks’ first studio album in nine in the 1960s as the drummer of the Charyears is cued up on the CD player—and latans after shuffling onto the national it’s a hit. His newly released Tall Tales stage in 1969 with Original Recordings, a (Surfdog) finds the retro raconteur spindeparture from the psychedelicized San ning a dozen yarns—eight originals and Francisco music scene. That Hot Licks four cover tunes—with his red-hot band, debut introduced the campy outfit that the Hot Licks. The CD is a return to form dished up wry country-inflected tunes that finds the singer backed by fiddles, up- about diner waitresses, blue-collar workers right bass and female backup singers who and barflies. split their time between sweet harmonies It was a brilliant blend of humor, beat and call-and-response quips. It’s reminissensibility and pseudo-nostalgia. cent of the classic ’70s band that featured Several classic albums, three decades Maryanne Price on vocals and Naomi and a long dry spell later, Hicks reemerged Ruth Eisenberg on fiddle and vocals. in 2000 with the critically acclaimed It’s easy on the ears. comeback Beatin’ the Heat, his first studio “I like that sound: It’s recording since 1976. It not loud, it’s smooth featured Elvis Costello, COMING SOON and it’s tasty,” Hicks says. Tom Waits, Brian Setzer, “When I signed with Dan Hicks and the Hot Bette Midler and Rickie Licks, with David Grisman, Surfdog nine years ago, Lee Jones. perform at Yoshi’s in San I started thinking about Tall Tales is less heavily Francisco Saturday, March returning to that sound. produced than his recent 28, at 8 and 10pm. $35. I never got too far away albums—it’s 100 percent 415/655-5600. from it, with the Acouspure, unadulterated folk tic Warriors, but we’re swing. definitely back with that “I’m happy with this alsound. I like the whole package.” bum,” Hicks says, adding that the CD was Guest musicians include mandolinist recorded at the Plant studio in Sausalito. David Grisman, slide guitarist Roy Rogers “There are no gimmicks, so it kind of goes and blues harmonica ace Charlie Musback to the way I recorded [in the 1970s] selwhite. at the Blue Thumb label with [producer] Local fans of Hicks’ short-lived BayTommy LiPuma, when we’d just sing and side Jazz act at the old Sweetwater, which play and record it all in one take with very found the singer playing traditional jazz little overdubbing. tunes on Sunday afternoons, will recog“It demonstrates the way we are on nize his cover of the jazz standard “Song stage these days.” < for My Father,” replete with guitarist Bruce Forman and seldom-recorded lyrics by Tune up to the Marin music scene at Dianne Davidson. ›› pacificsun.com
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CORTE MADERA 2 B E D RO O M S
117 Koch Rd 2BR/2BA $429,000 101/Paradise,R-Madera Del Presidio,R-Wildflower,L-Koch Rd BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4p Mar 29 797-2557 624 Manzanita Ave 2BR/1.5BA $735,000 101/Tamalpais,L-Sausalito,L-Manzanita FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3210 3 B E D RO O M S
19 Pixley Ave#19 3BR/1.5BA Tamalpais,Pixley PACIFIC UNION Sun 1-4
$575,000 945-6311
4 B E D RO O M S
45 Golden Hind Psg 4+BR/4BA $1,299,000 101/Paradise,L-Seawolf Passage,L-Golden Hind Psg MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 717-1977 1413 Meadow Valley 4+BR/2.5BA $1,395,000 101/W-Tamalpias,L@B of A,L-Casa Buena,R-Meadow Valley RE/MAX Sun 1-4 850-0711 3 B E D RO O M S
89 Taylor Dr 3+BR/2.5BA $747,000 W- SFD,R-Claus-becomes Taylor BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 505-3663 2 Fawn Rdg 3BR/2.5BA $979,000 Center becomes Broadway,L-Bolinas,L-Fawn Rdg BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 810 9728 150 Madrone Rd 3BR/3.5BA $995,000 Bolinas,R-Cascade,R-Laurel,R-Madrone ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 2-4 359-4871 135 Cascade Dr 3+BR/3BA $1,697,750 SFD,L-Center,R-Bolinas,R-Cascade COLDWELL BANKER Sun 1-4 264-0039 4 B E D RO O M S
$1,450,000 925-3284
2 B E D RO O M S
81 Corte Lenosa#F 2BR/1.5BA $459,000 SFD,L-El Portal,R-Via Hidalgo,R-Corte Lenosa MCGUIRE Sun 1-4 302-8386 224 Lower Via Casitas 2BR/2BA $599,950 SFD,El Portal,L-Lower Via Casitas FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 602-5768 244 Lower Via Casitas 2BR/3BA $795,000 SFD,El Portal,L-Lower Via Casitas FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 602-5768 3 B E D RO O M S
$1,199,000 828-4516
4 B E D RO O M S
250 Los Cerros 4BR/2BA W-SFD,R-La Cuesta,L-Los Cerros ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4
4 B E D RO O M S
14 Laurel Ave 4BR/2.5BA $1,395,000 SFD,L-Laurel VISION REAL ESTATE GROUP Sun 1-4 381-5369 5 B E D RO O M S
71 Toussin Ave 5+BR/3BA W-SFD,R-Toussin ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4
$2,295,000 302-7173
LARKSPUR 3 B E D RO O M S
$1,295,000
76 Yale Ave 4BR/3BA Magnolia,R-Darmouth,L-Tulane,R-Yale FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4
$1,550,000 461-4100
MILL VALLEY 1 B E D RO O M
567 Seaver Dr 1BR/1BA E. Blithedale to Kipling,L-Seaver ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 2-4
$399,000 310-0690
2 B E D RO O M S
2336 Shelter Bay Ave 2BR/2BA COLDWELL BANKER Sat/Sun 2-4 239 Flamingo Rd 2BR/1BA Shoreline Hwy/Hwy 1,L-Flamingo,L-Cardinal FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4
$499,000 990-5368 $749,000 464-2421
913 Alturas Wy 3BR/2.5BA $949,000 Shoreline,L-Loring,R-Alturas MCGUIRE Sun 2-4 686-3410 359 Marion Ave 3BR/3BA $1,375,000 Miller,Montford becomes Edgewood,R-Marion MCGUIRE Sun 2-4 250-8052 4 B E D RO O M S
25 King St 4BR/3BA $1,650,000 E. Blithedale,W.Blithedale,R-King VISION REAL ESTATE GROUP Sun 1-4 381.5369 27 Heron Dr 4BR/3.5BA $3,495,000 101/Seminary,Weatherly,Heron MCGUIRE Sun 2-5 250-8052
NICASIO
302-7173
6970 Lucas Valley Rd 3BR/2BA 101/Lucas Valley Sun 1-3
12 Savannah Rd 3BR/3BA SFD,Canter,L-Redwood,L-Savannah MCGUIRE Sun 1-4
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110 Arnold Dr 2BR/2.5BA $524,900 101/Hamilton,MainGate,L-Palm,R-Holliday ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4 305-9119 512 Vera Cruz 2BR/2BA $49,000 101/Bel Marin Keys,S-Frontage Rd,L-Roblar,follow signs MARIN REALTY GROUP Sun 2-4 847-7244 1649 Novato Blvd#12 2BR/1BA $305,000 Diablo,W-Novato Blvd BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 215-6346 3 B E D RO O M S
1 Pinyon Pl 3BR/2.5BA 101/San Marin,Pinyon Pl COLDWELL BANKER Sun 1-4 532 Acacia Ct 3BR/2.5BA San Marin,San Ramon,Aspen,Magnolia,Acacia ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4 17 Carnoustie Dr 3+BR/3BA 101/Ignacio,L-Fairway,L-Carnoustie FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4
$1,135,000
497-9542
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34 Allen 4BR/2BA $1,995,000 W-SFD,L-Lagunitas,L-Allen Ave,then R-Allen Ave MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 710-0208 161 Prospect 4BR/2.5BA $2,195,000 SFD,Winship,R-Garden,R-Wellington,L-Prospect MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 710-0208 9 Skyland 4BR/4BA $2,795,000 SFD,Laurel Grove,Skyland MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 377-7466
SAN ANSELMO
662-2634
$415,000 257-2091
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1032 ‘F’ Los Gamos 2+BR/1BA 101/Freitas Pkwy,R-Los Gamos FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 111 Shmidt Ln 2BR/2.5BA North San Pedro,L-Schmidt MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 1855 Fifth Ave 2BR/1BA Central SR,W-Fifth Ave COLDWELL BANKER Sun 1-4 14 Smith Ranch Ct 2+BR/2.5BA 101/Lucas Valley(exit R),L- Smith Ranch Ct BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4
$225,000 925-3263 $399,000 235-6263 $539,000 464-3317 $795,000 717-1096
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5 Heron Ct 3BR/2.5BA $579,000 E-Bellam,L-Catalina,L-Heron FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 258-4145 231 DuBois St 3BR/2BA $599,000 Woodland,R-DuBois FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 518-1930 390 Quietwood Dr 3BR/2BA $695,000 101/Lucas Valley,R-Las Gallinas,L-Pinewood,L-Quietwood ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1:30-4 860-4687 37 Alta Vista Wy 3+BR/2BA $749,000 101/Central SR,E-2nd,L-Embarcadero,R-Marina,L-Alta Vista BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 717-1096 2347 Fifth Ave 3BR/2BA $755,000 W-Fourth,R-”H”,L-Fifth FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 497-5170 6 Bedford Cv 3BR/2.5BA $769,000 E-Bellam,L-Catalina,R-Spinnaker Pt,L-Bedford FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3225 520 Belle 3BR/2BA $799,000 Grand,Belle FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 925-3211 4 B E D RO O M S
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62 Brookside Dr 3+BR/2BA W-SFD,R-Broadmoor,R-Brookside FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4
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SAN RAFAEL
1113 Simmons Ln 4BR/3BA $499,900 RE/MAX Sun 2-4 244-8785 4 Jackson Ct 4BR/2.5BA $739,000 101/Rowland,R-Washington,L-Garner,L-Jackson COLDWELL BANKER Sun 2-4 464-3540 78 Maybeck 4BR/2.5BA $759,000 Hamilton Pkwy,L-San Pablo,R-Hangar,L-Maybeck MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 350-9440 10 Brassie Ct 4+BR/2.5BA $899,500 101/W-Ignacio,L-Country Club,R-Brassie BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-5 pm 847-8820 20 Palomino Cir 4+BR/4.5BA $1,250,000 San Marin Dr,Sutro,R-Vineyard,L-Wild Hores Valley,RPalomino Rd,L-Palomino Cir FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 258-4145
38 Mariposa 2BR/2BA W-SFD,L-San Anselmo,L-Mariposa FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4
SAN GERONIMO
652-0320 $499,000
4 B E D RO O M S
819-8611
101 Oak Springs Dr 5BR/3.5BA $995,000 SFD,Butterfield,Woodside(2nd-L past fire station at river rock wall),Oak Springs Smt PACIFIC UNION Sun 2-4 308-1182
$375,000
408-4024 $885,000
$1,595,000
5 B E D RO O M S
410 North Ave#311 2BR/2BA Smith Ranch,L-Silviera Pkwy,L-North FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4
$599,000 925-3283
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$1,229,000
NOVATO
464-3539
4 B E D RO O M S
3 B E D RO O M S
GREENBRAE
18 Bretano Wy 3BR/2BA SFD,La Cuesta,L-Bretano ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4
KENTFIELD
77 Piedmont Ct 3BR/2.5BA Magnolia,Piedmont Rd,L-Piedmont Ct COLDWELL BANKER Sat/Sun 1-3/1-4
FAIRFAX
4 Snowden 4+BR/3.5BA SFD,Oak Manor,Snowden FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4
103 Eliseo Dr 4BR/2BA $1,375,000 SFD,R-Eliseo FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 461-4100 317 Via La Paz 4BR/3BA $1,489,000 101/SFD,R-La Cuesta,L-Corte Ramon,L-Via La Paz MCGUIRE Sun 1-4 412-7471
$669,000 925-3207
25 Serra Wy 4BR/2BA $739,000 101/Freitas Pkwy,R-Del Ganado,L-Serra Wy COLDWELL BANKER Sun 2-4 464-3540 235 Devon Dr 4BR/2.5BA $799,000 101,Freitas Pkwy,L-Las Gllinas,R-Nva Albion,R-Esmyr,L-Dvn BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 717-1096 1150 Mission Ave 4BR/2BA $895,000 RE/MAX Sat/Sun Call for an appt. 310-1143 OPEN HOMES continued 96 >
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> OPEN HOMES continued from 95 184 Baypoint Dr 4BR/3BA $995,000 E-Bellam,Baypoint Village Dr,R-Baypoint Dr FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3225 75 Rose Ct 4BR/2BA $1,079,000 Dubois,L-Redding,R-Blossom,Rose Sun 1-4 690-0914 16 Riviera Pl 4+BR/2.5BA $1,195,000 Pt. San Pedro,Riviera Dr,Riviera Pl FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3272 290 Riviera Dr 4BR/2.5BA $1,295,000 Pt. San Pedro,Riviera FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 925-3284 6 Welch St 4+BR/3BA $1,299,000 W-Third,L-”E”,R-First,L-Welch FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3277 2 Baldwin Ct 4BR/3.5BA $1,495,000 SFD,R-La Cuesta,L-Paseo,R-Altura,L-Bret Harte,R-Baldwin PACIFIC UNION Sun 1-4 233-0125 249 Jewell St 4BR/3BA $1,495,000 101/Central SR,Grand,Jewell ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4 272-2986
335 Fairhills Dr 4+BR/3BA “H” St,L-Forbes,R-Fairhills FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 26 Leona Dr 4+BR/3BA 101/No. San Pedro,R-Oxford,L-Leona FIRST MARIN REALTY Sun 1-4
$1,499,000 258-4145 $1,698,000 828-7780
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15 Valleystone Dr 5BR/2.5BA $869,000 101/Mrnwd,W-Mllr Crk,R-Ls Gllins,L-Blckstne,L-Valleystone ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4 860-4687 12 Allensby Ln 5+BR/5.5BA $1,899,000 Pt San Pedro,Lochinvar,Bonnie Banks,Allensby FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 2-4 925-3284
SAUSALITO
$538,000
$899,000 602-2421
1992 Centro West St 2BR/2BA $1,595,000 MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 302-2986 3 B E D RO O M S
302-4647
3 B E D RO O M S
208 Bay Vista Cir 3BR/2BA $575,000 101,Sausalito/Marin City,R-Donahue,R-Bay Vista ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4 609-5138 14 W. Harbor 3BR/2.5BA $699,000 101,Bridgeway,R-W. Harbor FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 925-3225 103 Lincoln Dr 3BR/2.5BA $799,000 MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 497-0044 143 Prospect 3+BR/3BA $1,199,000 101/Spencer,R-Propsect COLDWELL BANKER Sat/Sun 1-4 339-2339 4 B E D RO O M S
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22 Atwood 2BR/1BA Bridgeway,Richardson,R-Third,R-Atwood ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Sun 1-4
102 Stanford Wy 2+BR/1BA Bridgeway,R-Ebbtide, L-Stanford BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4
100 Toyon Ln 4+BR/2.5BA $1,998,000 101/Spencer,down Monte Mar,L-Platt,L-Toyon COLDWELL BANKER Sat/Sun 1-4 339-2339
2475 Mar East 3BR/2.5BA $4,400 Tib. Blvd/Paradise,R-Mar East FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 12-4 925-3225 40 Bayview 3BR/3BA $2,195,000 Tib. Blvd,R-San Rafael Ave,R-Golden Gate,L-Bayview MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 722-8521 4 B E D RO O M S
4 Corte Las Casas 4BR/2.5BA $1,795,000 Tib. Blvd,L- Reed Ranch,L-Corte Las Casas MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 609-4532 5 B E D RO O M S
2110 Vistazo East 5BR/4.5BA $3,388,000 Tib. Blvd/Prdise,L-Slno,L-Cntr West,R-Diviso,R-Vistazo East MORGAN LANE REAL ESTATE Sun 2-4 609-4532
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80 Calle del Ribera 3BR/1BA $1,075,000 N-Hwy 1,L-Calle del Arroyo,L-Calle del Ribera BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Sun 1-4 686-1380
2 Madrone Ave 3BR/2.5BA $1,250,000 SFD,L-Sn Geronimo,L-Park,L-Railroad,R-Carson,L-Madrone MCGUIRE Sun 1-3 464-7484
TIBURON 2 B E D RO O M S
22 Andrew Dr#67 2BR/1BA Tib. Blvd,L-Cecilia,R-Andrew FRANK HOWARD ALLEN Sun 1-4 28 Marinero Cir#19 2BR/2BA Tib. Bldv,Lyford,Marinero PACIFIC UNION Sun 1-4
$529,000 925-3225 $769,000 509-1333
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Offered at $975,000
Stephanie Wickham Witt www.MarinHawaiiConnection.com
tel: 415.377.7553
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900 Reichert Ave. Unit #445 • Novato, CA 94945 • 415.335.7338
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995 Fictitious Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 119856 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN BC TECHS, 126 ALTO STREET, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MIGUEL ROBERTO MARIN ORTEGA, 7 BROOKDALE AVENUE, APARTMENT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 10, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120009 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as LEADERSHIP LANDING, 270 ARIAS STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: HAL ADLER, 270 ARIAS STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 25, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 6, 13, 20, 27) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120077 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PRIME TIME NUTRITION, 3255 KERNER BOULEVARD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NUTRICION FUNDAMENTAL, INC., 19315 EAST SAN JOSE AVENUE, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91748. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 3, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 3, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120102 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PRETTYBABY CONSIGNMENTS, 910 SIR FRANCES DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KEIRAN BRANDABUR LANGER, 444 REDWOOD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 5, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 13, 20, 27; April 3, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 119945 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARINA’S DESIGN, 7 GENEVA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARINA N. BYSTROVA, 7 GENEVA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 19, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 119994 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CHANGE DIRECTIONS, 51 PEACOCK DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KEVIN WEITZ, 51 PEACOCK DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on February 24, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 13, 20, 27; April 3, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 119901 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MID CENTURY UPHOLSTERY, 65 HAMILTON DRIVE, UNIT “B”, NOVATO, CA 94949: JOHN DOUGLAS FRAYER, 27 ROWLAND COURT, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 13, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 13, 20, 27; April 3, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120254 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PET PATROL, 213 OAK SPRINGS DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KAY G. POOLE, 213 OAK SPRINGS DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 18, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 18, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120109 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as D & G SERVICES, 7 GREENPOINT, NOVATO, CA 94945: DARRIN G. PARLE, 733 BOLERO COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 5, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 13, 20, 27; April 3, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120269 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DIALECTIC MEDIA, 14 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TIMOTHY DONOVAN DISABATINO, 14 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120180 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as HANDYDUDE CONSTRUCTION, 1356 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ROBERT W. MORRILL III, 1356 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on February 3, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 12, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120029 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as OSABIM PRODUCTIONS, 68 BAYPOINT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ANDREW R. CHARLES, 68 BAYPOINT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 27, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120140 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SEA GREEN NETWORK, 24 PLAZA DEMIRA, NOVATO, CA 94947: GINETTE WARWICK KING, 24 PLAZA DEMIRA, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 9, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120105 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as UPTOWN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & REALTY, 29 KATRINA LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: NANCY AKMON, 29 KATRINA LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 5, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 119951 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as C.I.M.N.B., 192 CAZNEAU AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MICHAEL J. BURKE, 192 CAZNEAU AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 20, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120214 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SMILING DOLPHIN, 10 SKYLARK DRIVE, #28, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ANGELA ESGUERRA-TRUMBAUER, 10 SKYLARK DRIVE, #28, LARKSPUR, CA 94939; ROBERT HANTZSCHE, 42160 HATHAWAY CROSSING, PT. ARENA, CA 95468. This business is being conducted by co-partners. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 16, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 2009) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 120040 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CDEX, 390 BEL MARIN KEYS BOULEVARD, #A, NOVATO, CA 94949: BRIGHT GREEN INTERNATIONAL, INC., 390 BEL MARIN KEYS BOULEVARD, #A, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on February 27, 2009. (Publication Dates: March 27; April 3, 10, 17, 2009)
997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME - SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No. CIV 090597. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANYA ELIZABETH LANDECK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ANYA ELIZABETH LANDECK to ANYA ELIZABETH BANDT. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: May 5, 2009, 9:00 a.m., Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PACIFIC SUN. Date: February 9, 2009 /s/ MICHAEL B. DUFFICY, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009)
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By Li n d a R ay ARIES (March 20 - April 19) On Thursday and Friday, the new moon in your sign inspires you to get started on a project that is close to your heart. Aim for the sky. With both the sun and moon in your motivated sign, pursuing your dreams is a piece of (birthday) cake. Meantime, Venus continues to make you more pliable and cooperative than usual. You may even be overheard saying, “Okay. Let’s do it your way.” At which point, expect to feel a hand on your forehead checking for a fever. TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) It’s time to go after the recognition you deserve for your accomplishments. If your superiors are not acting sufficiently impressed, then they should be informed. A little horn-tooting is in order. Expand on the many successes you’ve achieved. Whether you’re laying the framework for a future career or capitalizing on what you’ve already done, you are in a strong position to move upward. If some creatively challenged bureaucrat tries to stand in your way, “bull”doze your way through. GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) A difficult relationship between restrictive Saturn and your sun sign is depleting your energy. It’s easy to feel discouraged when your attempts to make progress are limited by criticisms from humorless Saturn. Whatever is happening now is related to a grand goal you started working on about seven years ago. Since then, your busy mind may have gotten too caught up in the details. Although intimidating, this is an opportunity to weed out the pointless elements from the valid ones. By doing this, you end up with less mind-clutter and a clearer vision for your future. Meanwhile, don’t forget to take your vitamins. CANCER (June 21 - July 21) While motivating Mars awakens your spirit of adventure, the challenging aspects from powerful Pluto and the demanding sun suggest trouble ahead. Fortunately, it is not an endless contest. During the weekend, you may be able to smooth out any problematic confrontations when your ruler (the moon) occupies the tranquil sign of Taurus. As for April Fools’ Day, the moody moon in your sign makes you sensitive to being duped. Assume all correspondence is a joke—including, but not limited to, the pink slip on your desk. LEO (July 22 - Aug. 22) There’s a certain level of balance in your life right now. Perhaps you’ve been inspired by a book you’ve read or a class you’ve attended. Perhaps you were able to get away (as suggested in last week’s column) and you’re still relaxed from your vacation. In fact, this is a time when you can think about your future without fears and anxiety. Meanwhile, your romantic relationship continues to provide pleasure thanks to the influence of optimistic Jupiter. If you’re single and looking, you’re in luck. It’s springtime. Birds are doing it. Bees are doing it. Even educated fleas are doing it. Go ahead. Fall in love. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 21) Either Saturn or Pluto can bring karmic situations into our lives. Guess what. Both these planets are influencing your chart. Depending on whether you behaved yourself previously, this can be either good or bad. Let’s assume you’ve been following the golden rule and you are ready to collect your reward. This would indicate a time for you to experience personal power, with the ability to (in the words of Dale Carnegie) win friends and influence people. On the other hand, if you have pulled a few too many fast ones, you may need to change tactics. Instead of Dale Carnegie, think George Eliot: “It’s never too late to be who you might have been”. LIBRA (Sept. 22 - Oct. 22) Just because something isn’t working out as planned does not mean that you have failed. Consider this an opportunity to switch horses in midstream—without falling off. It is OK to put a new goal in place if you’re no longer interested in the old one. Instead of doing a rewrite, start a fresh page. The challenge for you is to stop second-guessing yourself. Looking at both sides to every story is fine if you’re a judge or a member of the jury. Otherwise, it takes up precious time and leaves you stuck in the middle. Get ready. Here comes a new horse. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) No matter how confident you are feeling, you probably need to look before you leap. Idealistic Jupiter can be a real boon to one’s self-esteem, but he can also inflate the ego. If visions of grandeur are dancing through your mind, it is time to stop and do a reality check. This is not to say that you should replace a buoyant attitude with a defeatist one. You probably should, however, find that middle ground between agony and ecstasy. This may or may not be located somewhere in Iowa. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 20) I commend you on your efforts (for the last year or so) to be more serious about your career. That’s why I’m warning you that your chances of blowing it are high this week due to romantic temptations. It is difficult to think about work when love is in the air. After all, spring fever rarely makes one passionate about their job—even when one is supposed to be focused on ambition. On the other hand, you could be unemployed, retired or on vacation. If so, go ahead and give in to any and all temptations. What do you have to lose? CAPRICORN (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18) Through no fault of your own, you are being asked to prove that what you are doing is worthwhile. This can be rather insulting, especially if you feel that you’ve already paid your dues to get where you are. The key to winning this skirmish is to stay on track and keep your eye on the goal. The economy has everyone skittish. As Pluto continues to empower your sign, chances are that your mere presence intimidates those who are feeling insecure. So it’s not that your boss thinks you’re doing a bad job—it’s more likely that your boss is worried that you’ll take his—or hers. AQUARIUS (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17) Your house of personal values is going through changes. As a result, you’re having some trouble figuring out what’s really important to you. You decide on one thing, then immediately jump to a new desire. This does complicate your life—especially if your desires include more than one love interest. Speaking of desires, you might have noticed a temptation to eat bigger portions or richer foods. This is one craving you need to curb as soon as possible. With expansive Jupiter in your sign, a bigger waistline could be the result—and you know how you hate to shop for jeans. PISCES (Feb. 18 - March 19) If everyone seems to be treating you in an odd fashion, it’s because your personality is such a mixed bag right now. One minute you’re hot and spicy. The next minute you’re a cold fish. But, don’t expect any understanding from your friends. They’re going through their own intense transformations at the moment. Fortunately, your significant other is committed to being there for you. Just remember: realistic Saturn in your relationship house has no patience for April Fools’ Day nonsense. If you must indulge in trickery, make sure you leave your sweetie out of it. <
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A year ago, I snooped in my boyfriend’s e-mail and discovered he’d tried to get his old girlfriend to agree to a booty call. She said no, but the fact that he tried and would’ve thrown away our relationship for one go at her crushed me. I tried to think of us as temporary, and enjoy the moments. However, we’re about to move into a house we’ve just purchased together. That, along with a need for authentic living, makes me want to air this issue out. He knows fidelity is of high importance to me, has been honest about having major problems in that arena in the past, and talks about how faithful he’s been to us. Still, I spent 30 seconds in his e-mail, and found an indiscretion. I don’t know if I can move on without reassurance from him that other incidents haven’t taken place. Is there any point to having that discussion? —Authentically Upset
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Home might be where the heart is, but other parts of the guy seem more than willing to make do with by-the-hour motel rooms and other women’s apartments. You make noises about “authentic living,” which sounds like one of those really cheesy regional magazines, but I think you mean living so what you do matches what you say you believe. Yet, here you are, somebody who demands fidelity, then The last thing she wants is the gets together with Mr. Zipper Issues. You worry he’s been unethical—and what’s a truth: “Oh, paperwork, some girl to do but violate his privacy in hopes sales calls, then garrotted a guy of finding out? And then, upon discoverand stuffed him in an oil drum.” ing the guy had his hand in the booty jar, you did what any rational, fidelity-favoring girlfriend would: said absolutely nothing—unless you count “Sign here, Honey!” as you went in with him to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars on a house. Some people are happiest knowing the whole truth—except for any parts that would keep them from being able to live a nice comfortable lie. When the mob guy’s wife asks, “Hi, Honey, what did you do at the office today?” The last thing she wants is the truth: “Oh, paperwork, some sales calls, then garrotted a guy and stuffed him in an oil drum.” If you actually want to live authentically, emulate your boyfriend. He’s a cheater who cheats. A sneaky person who sneaks. You, on the other hand, can’t figure out whether you’re CIA or C No Evil. You can’t be both. While you can probably get him to reassure you that this won’t happen again, his past suggests he’ll be as faithful as the opportunities that don’t present themselves. The fact you’re with him suggests that, even more than a man who doesn’t cheat, what you want is a man, period. Women in this position try to make peace with it by looking the other way as long as the guy’s giving them what they need in time, attention and energy. You could try that, but I’m guessing you’ll always be looking at him a little askance—like when there’s a sparkle in his eye. A tear at the sight of your beautiful baby girl? Or is it literally a sparkle... from that 21-year-old cocktail waitress with all the body glitter?
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My friends and I were debating whether it’s a good idea to try to cuddle with a guy after a hookup. I always want to, but I worry I’m going to freak the guy out. Is spooning or whatever all night more intimate than sex? Too intimate?—Snuggleworm
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What do you mean, “try” to cuddle? Chase after the guy and try to spoon him as he’s running for the door? (The more deadbolts you have, the longer the afterglow.) While a snuggle doesn’t seem a lot to ask of somebody you’ve just done unspeakable stuff with for hours, you shouldn’t expect relationship-type service from a near-stranger. You can nuzzle up to the guy, or wait till he’s asleep and drape his arm around you. But, if you really need to cuddle after sex, and you’re not ready for a relationship, your best bet is setting up a regular booty call. If you get really, really desperate, you could go to this appalling thing called a “cuddle party” (cuddleparty.com) where strangers in pajamas roll around on the floor hugging each other in hopes of “getting their touch needs met.” Personally, I’d rather hug a toilet—while throwing up into it.<
To advertise call: 415/485-6700 x303. LEGAL NOTICES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 101 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No. CIV 090881. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JANET MILLER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JANET ANAHID MILLER to JANET ANN MILLER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: April 15, 2009, 9:00 a.m., Dept. H, Room H, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PACIFIC SUN. Date: February 25, 2009 /s/ JOHN A. SUTRO, JR., JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY
OF MARIN. No. CIV 091156. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DENISE ANGELA JOAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DENISE ANGELA JOAN to DENISE ANGELA JOAN MITCHELL. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: April 28, 2009, 9:00 a.m., Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PACIFIC SUN. Date: March 13, 2009 /s/ MICHAEL B. DUFFICY, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009) NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ON SISTER-STATE JUDGMENT: Case Number: CIV 085301. 1. TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR (name): Kay Co. Investments Inc., a California corporation; William Coleman and Kay Coleman, Individually. 2. YOU ARE NOTIFIED: a. Upon application of the judgment creditor, a judgment against you has been entered in this court as follows: (1) Judgment creditor (name): Lyon Financial Services Inc., a Minnesota corpora-
tion, doing business as US Bancorp Business Equipment Finance Group (2) Amount of judgment entered in this court: $102,906.03 b. This judgment was entered based upon a sister-state judgment previously entered against you as follows: (1) Sister state (name): Minnesota (2) Sister-state court (name and location): District Court, County of Lyon, Fifth Judicial District, 607 Main Street Marshall, MN 56258 (3) Judgment entered in sister state on: July 10, 2008 (4) Title of case and case number: Lyon Financial Services Inc., a Minnesota corporation, doing business as US Bancorp Business Equipment Finance Group v. Kay Co. Investments Inc., a California corporation; William Coleman and Kay Coleman, Individually. [42-CV-08-880] 3. A sister-state judgment has been entered against you in a California court. Unless you file a motion to vacate the judgment in this court within 30 DAYS after service of this notice, this judgment will be final. This court may order that a writ of execution or other enforcement may issue. Your wages, money, and property could be taken without further warning from the court. If enforcement procedures have already been issued, the property levied on will not be distributed until 30 days after you are served with this notice. The name and address of the court is: Marin County Superior Court, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94903. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: W. Jeffery Fulton, CSB #089527, Law Office of W. Jeffery Fulton, 1545 Hotel Circle South, Suite 240, San Diego, CA 92108, (619) 688-0018. Date: October 27, 2008, /s/ KIM TURNER, CLERK; BY C. LUCCHESI, DEPUTY CLERK. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 2009)
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