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››LETTERS Alhambra just a drop in the bucket! It seems that Marin County Civic Center gets Alhambra water delivery even though they tell us Something in the water, Marin? citizens that Marin water is safe. It makes me think they are lying or being wasteful with money. I have a picture of the Alhambra water truck being emptied at the Civic Center. I’d bet they pay more for water than they do for some of the salaries of the low-end workers at the center. Rob Spear, San Rafael

All roads lead to San Rafael This article [“San Rafael Residents Ruining Everyone’s Commute, Study Says,” Jan. 4] misrepresents the fact that many other adjoining towns connecting to the main San Rafael artery, in fact, use San Rafael to get to the city! The data totally miss this fact and thusly the conclusions drawn are misrepresented and even ridiculous. Consider people from San Anselmo, Fairfax, Woodacre, San Geronimo, even people from Greenbrae, Kentfield and Larkspur who might use Wolfe Grade to then connect with Second Street, to get to the freeway.

What about people taking kids to schools and other drop-off points in San Rafael, who then get on the freeway via Second Street? What about the fact that people commuting from further north, from Sonoma and Napa counties have greatly impacted the density of traffic through Marin in general? You don’t even touch upon that in your article at all and that is a huge factor with the issue. Isolating and even blaming residents of San Rafael is simply absurd. I think your article warrants a rewrite. T. Capaldo, San Rafael

Editor’s note: Thanks Ms. Capaldo for so passionately defending your great city’s traffic proficiency. When we first read the study we, too, thought—well, of course, the cars hit the highway from San Rafael; it’s the main feeding point to the 101 for the Ross and San Geronimo valleys. But, as we reported, the study sorted drivers by town-of-residence using cell phone data (researchers looked at the location of the cell-phone towers the drivers used at night). So, fairly or unfairly, the study is suggesting that it’s a glut of San Rafael residents who are clogging up the roads of Marin.

Pizza resistance Regarding David from Ross Valley’s letter about Pizzalina opening at Red Hill Shopping Center in San Anselmo [“Hoity Toity Pizza Won’t Be Seeing My Dough,” Jan. 4]: How myopic. Pizzalina is exactly what this area needed...a local resident opening a family-friendly restaurant with the intent to bring all family together, regardless of age. I’ve dined three times in the last few months, each time bringing my two chil-

dren, and am delighted with Ms. Franz’s dedication to creating an excellent menu, seasonal and sustainable, while providing a much-needed kick to the local scene for great food. Corporate-owned Round Table is hardly “local.” I gladly support our individually owned local businesses, and will continue to do so, as I know I will receive consistently good product and service, above and beyond, as these owners’ lives depend on it. The cliche “nothing personal, it’s just business” is ridiculous; when a local resident spends years in the creation of a vision that will bring wonderful food and community together, it’s totally personal. Karen Parisi, San Rafael

Montezuma’s other revenge... In response to Jacob Shafer’s end-ofyear issue cover story [“End of the World As We Knew It,” Dec. 28], I wish to point out that the calendar pictured both on the cover and in the article itself is not the Mayan calendar. It is the Aztec calendar. This mistake is so widespread it may in fact have derailed the apocalypse (so thank you)! I live part time in Yucatan, Mexico, near the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, and was there on Dec. 21, 2012. There was a strong police presence there and at Chichen Itza. It seems they were prepared for apocalyptic mayhem. I spoke with a couple of local Mayan people about the inauspicious date. They laughed or smiled and said, “No one but God knows if and when the world will end. Put God first in your life and you need not worry, because you will be ready.” In a time rampant with fear, anxiety and the full spectrum of apocalyptic human emotion, the calm, down-to-earth levity of these local people and the common (or uncommon) sense wisdom they imparted were a comforting and hopeful breath of fresh air! Alex W., San Rafae

Non-bused, nonplussed... It’s a good thing that San Rafael residents aren’t taking this article [“San Rafael Residents Ruining Everyone’s Commute, Study Says”] personally. Particularly when buses were cut from most San Rafael neighborhoods years ago within a five-mile radius to a bus depot offering no public parking. Not to mention the high-speed train we’ve been trying to get forever that would allow public transportation to be utilized to a much larger degree. Numerous entrepreneurs living, working and serving us in Marin with demanding long and unusual hours make using public transportation an impossibility. Just returned from a country that primarily uses the subway...safe, clean, modern and reliable. Someone said, “I’ll bet you’ll be glad not to have to take the subway anymore.” I replied, “Are you kidding? It’s been wonderful not to have to fight the traffic and relax while commuting. We’ve been fighting for a good system in Marin forever!” And for those of you who have been in Marin a long time, you may remember when we were asked to vote on a “double-decker” Golden Gate Bridge. Of course it didn’t pass because Marin was too concerned about “aesthetics.” And look where that decision has gotten our freeway now. Lori, San Rafael

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Still better than one about man from Nantucket... Roses are red, Violets are blue, You think this poem will rhyme, But it won’t. Craig Whatley, San Rafael

Only if it’s a golden re-tree-ver! I’m writing regarding San Rafael’s Jonathan Frieman challenging the concept that a corporation should have First Amendment rights as if it were a person [“Frieman Contests Carpool Violation, Corporate Personhood,” Jan. 4]. Just shows how asinine the whole corporate-citizen issue is. By extension, when a dog pisses on a fire hydrant or a tree, does the hydrant or the tree become legally a canine? Dave Green, Ontario Next you’ll tell us our advent calendar doesn’t date back to the first Christmas... 6 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013

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here’s a new link in the sustainability chain in Marin. Resilient Neighborhoods has just completed a pilot program that sought to engage households in taking responsibility for reducing their carbon footprints. Tamra Peters, who serves on the board of Sustainable Marin, started thinking about connecting residents in a low-carbon community about three years ago. “I had been wanting to do something about climate change,” she says, “and I was very interested in emergency preparedness.” Connecting the goals of carbon reduction and increased emergency preparedness intrigued her. In Palo Alto some years ago, people were distributing information about ways to protect the environment. Another group of people were distributing information about emergency preparedness. “I linked the two in my mind.” About 20 years ago, Peters worked with David Gershon, who in 2006 came out with a book titled Low Carbon Diet: A 30-day program to lose 5,000 pounds. In carbon consumption that is. Peters used the low carbon diet as the basis for the Resilient Neighborhoods goal of reducing carbon emissions.

She created the emergency preparedness component for Resilient Neighborhoods working with the city of San Rafael emergency preparedness office. She and people on her Resilient Neighborhoods team worked on a third component: supporting a local low-carbon economy, one aimed at curbing consumption. Those three elements form the foundation of Resilient Neighborhoods. About a year ago, Resilient Neighborhoods embarked on a pilot project that sought to engage groups of five to seven Marin households in a grassroots effort to curb carbon emissions. In the program, the households formed eco teams that met five times over about two months. The goal was to follow a carbon-reducing diet to curb household carbon emissions by 500,000 pounds in a year. Staff from Resilient Neighborhoods attended each meeting to provide information about ways to reduce emissions, build a local low-carbon economy and connect neighbors to create communities that could meet emergencies. “The goal was to get 100 households,” says Peters. In the latest update of its newsletter, the December issue, which came out about one year after the start of the pilot program, Resilient Neighborhoods listed 90 households formed into 10 >

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Corporation-as-carpool dispute curbed Alas, a disputed carpool lane infraction didn’t loosen corporate America’s grip on election financing, as San Rafael resident Jonathan Frieman’s creative ticket appeal fell on unsympathetic ears this week at Marin Traffic Court. Frieman on Monday contested his $478 carpool lane violation on the grounds that while driving south through the two-passenger lane in Novato last October, a set of incorporating documents constituted a second person in the vehicle—if the U.S. Supreme Court grants corporations the same free speech rights as citizens, as it seemed to in the 2010 Citizens United ruling, argued Frieman, then he and his corporation papers count as two people in the carpool lane. Frieman says he has driven in carpool lanes about 25 times over the last several years in the hopes of a citation—and a chance to challenge corporate personhood in court. According to a press release from Kathleen Russell Consulting, the Mill Valleybased firm handling publicity for Frieman’s quest for justice, state vehicle code 470’s definition of a person includes “natural persons and corporations.” Frieman has vowed to appeal the case all the way to the Supreme Court “in an effort to expose the impracticality of corporate personhood.” “Corporations are imaginary entities, and we’ve let them run wild,” says Frieman. “Their original intent 200 years ago at the dawn of our nation was to serve human beings. So I’m wresting back that power by making their personhood serve me.” The concept of corporate personhood has been an ongoing controversy for years—but it hit the mainstream in 2010 following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, which held that restricting political expenditures by corporations was a violation of their First Amendment rights to free speech. Implicit in such a ruling, some argue, is that the Constitution grants protections to corporations as if they were people. Representing Frieman at traffic court was attorney Ford Greene—he, too, says the state vehicle code treats a person and a corporation as equivalent. “ When a corporation is present in one’s car, it is sufficient to qualify as a twoperson occupancy for commuter lane purposes,” says Greene, who’s also a San Anselmo city councilmember. “When the corporate presence in our electoral process is financially dominant, by parity it appears appropriate to recognize such presence in an automobile.” Court takes bite out of shark finning Sharks and those who love them are thrilled to the gills this week, after a federal court upheld a California law banning the sale of shark fins. U.S. District Court judges in San Francisco ruled Jan. 2 that the fin-sale prohibition was well within the state’s authority and that the law was necessary to ensure the survival of the sea species at the top of the food chain. The shark-fin legislation was cosponsored in 2011 by then-Assemblyman Jared 10

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1. When San Francisco’s biggest recorded snowstorm hit the city Feb. 5, 1887, did the city’s downtown measuring station register about 4, 8 or 12 inches of snow? 2. Pictured, below: Who was the last queen of Egypt? 3. What are America’s four largest cities with two-word names? 4. Pictured, right: Name these Oscarwinning Best Supporting Actresses and their films 4a. 2011 4b. 1990 4c. 1979 5. The first organized game of ice hockey was played in 1879 in what French-speaking city? 6. Which chemical elements have atomic numbers 1, 2 and 3? 7. On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln was in what city? 8. What four-year painting project did Michelangelo begin in 1508? 9. When the Greeks founded this city on the site of present-day Istanbul in 667 B.C., they named it what? 10. One square meter contains about how many square feet?

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VAn anonymous gentleman brightened the new year for those sitting near him at the Novato DMV on Jan. 2. Since we don’t know his name, we’ll call him Mr. B011, his number from the DMV line. He encouraged and comforted an 83-yearold woman who was fretting about taking the written driving exam. When it was her turn at the window, Mr. B011 watched her pull dollar bills and change from her handbag; however, she was short on the fee. Ignoring her protests, he paid the difference. Soon his number was called and he was gone. Mr. B011, a witness to your kindness would like you to know that your elderly acquaintance passed her test and was shedding happy tears as she left the DMV.

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WAccording to the California Department of Health, more than 43,000 Californians die every year from tobacco use. In addition, 75 percent of California smokers started smoking before age 18 and the younger they were when they started to smoke, the harder it is to quit. For those reasons, and because it’s illegal, we shouldn’t sell cigarettes to minors. No one would, right? Wrong. The Marin County Sheriff ’s Office conducted an undercover sting, using a teenager to attempt to buy tobacco, at 48 businesses. Ten people, men and women, young and old, actually sold to the kid. All were cited for a misdemeanor and released. We think a more fitting punishment is for the cops to lock the ten Zeros in a smoke-filled room for a while. — Nikki Silverstein

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“Did you like it?” magine you’re at a lovely holiday “I did,” I say. “It was a fun caper. And, I party, sipping delicious homemade loved George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez Irish Cream liqueur and chatting with friends. The front door opens and you see a together.” “You’re kidding. It’s a terrible movie. strangely familiar person walk in. You realNothing but eye candy.” ize you’re face to face with the worst date If I like a flick, he finds it shallow. If I you’ve ever had. Awkward, right? Welcome don’t care for a film, it’s because I don’t to my charmed life. understand it. Seth The date took place moves on to books. late last century, when I’m quaking, because AOL’s online commuthe last two books I nity was wildly popular read are Bridget Jones’s with the non-tech-savvy Diary and Divine masses. I signed up and Secrets of the Ya-Ya quickly found a place Sisterhood. My movie where Jewish singles picks annoy Seth, but displayed their photos my reading list makes and profiles. Return to him apoplectic. We 1998 with me. should point out to the ‘critic’ that the 1998 spend the remainder I certainly wasn’t Someone Steven Soderbergh film is now considered something of of our date discussing putting my name and a modern classic. my lack of cultural picture out there for sophistication. Before the world to see. Instead, I scrutinize the postings by Jewish my angst ends, Seth adds insult to injury. “We should get together again,” he says. men, strictly adhering to my list of reason“Why?” I ask. able criteria to find a mensch with whom I “I enjoyed meeting you.” would be compatible. “No, you didn’t,” I say. “You don’t like Must Haves: anything about me.” 1) Cute. “Yeah. You’re right,” Seth responded. 2) Able to spell and punctuate correctly. Moving forward about 15 years, we’re 3) Athletic (not that I am, but I want a coordinated Jew with at least a semblance of back at the holiday party, where I’m consuming Irish Cream like it’s chocolate muscle tone). One guy makes it through my review pro- milk. Someone introduces me to Seth and cess. Seth is cute, with dark, soft curly hair. I immediately remind him that we’ve met As a film critic for a major daily newspa- before. In fact, I take center stage and tell per, the man spells and punctuates just fine. all the guests about our date. People laugh. When he’s not at the movies or writing his A debate sparks about whether men always column, he’s usually playing a game of pick- say they want to see you again, even when they don’t. I encourage the discussion, up basketball. I write a witty note, attach a current allowing me to extend my time in the spotphoto of myself and send it through AOL light. Aren’t I the life of the party? Slowly, the partygoers return to their mail. Soon enough, I hear that familiar voice booming from my computer speaker, own conversations and I’m left with Seth, “You’ve got mail.” I read Seth’s message sev- who seems somewhat embarrassed by my eral times and then read between the lines. little show. Serves him right. We end up talking for a while. Surprisingly, he’s graHe totally digs me. cious. He tells me about his child and his We arrange to get together for coffee at work, following up with thoughtful quesA Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in tions about my life. I ask him if he rememLarkspur Landing. During the days leading bers our first meeting. up to our date, I conjure up images of our “Just the edges,” he says. “I could be a jerk cozy bungalow, where we’ll each give birth back then.” to best-selling books. Seth will accept that If I critiqued our second meeting, I’d say I’m the better writer. I vow that I’ll never Seth has grown, now a proud father and mention my paramount talent, even in the nice man. I, on the other hand, managed to heat of an argument. God, we’re a great couple. I can’t wait to actually meet him and demonstrate my immaturity and pettiness to an entire room full of people on a festive get on with our life together. evening. Clearly, I am the jerk this time Finally, we’re in the coffee shop. The around. Seth, I hope to see you again in 15 inquisition begins. “What’s the last movie you saw?” Seth asks. years. I have an apology to make.< “Out of Sight,” I answer. e-mail: nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com

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< 8 Counting carbons eco teams and 18 in the process of forming. The neighborhood carbon-reduction model, which relies on individual responsibility rather than government intervention, far surpassed the carbon-reduction goal. As of December, the eco team households had reduced their carbon consumption by 1,063,363 pounds. Peters says the reductions are quantifiable based on work done in Portland in connection with the EPA, which determined how many pounds of carbon a specific action would reduce: doing larger but fewer laundry loads, for example. By the end of the pilot program, Resilient Neighborhoods had eco teams in Sausalito, San Anselmo, Mill Valley, Larkspur, Fairfax, Novato and San Rafael, which has written the Resilient Neighborhoods program into the sustainability element of its general plan. San Rafael as well as Sustainable Marin and Dominican University have sponsored the effort. So has Emergency Upgrade California, the state’s energy efficiency program. Resilient Neighborhoods got a nod from the business community with an eco team at Autodesk, which strategized during lunch hour. Drawing interest from virtually anywhere—businesses, congregations, the sustainability community or even just friends and neighbors connecting—highlights the philosophy of created community that lies at the heart of Resilient Neighborhoods. In several key ways, the Resilient Neighborhoods strategy mirrors the Transition Towns movement. That got its start in a big way in Canada with the release of The End of Suburbia, a documentary that reached cult-like status. The film posits that when the world enters the era of peak oil, the suburban lifestyle that blossomed, some say exploded, in the second half of the 20th Century will self-destruct without a constantly expanding world supply of oil. In 2004, the film made its way to Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland. Students who saw it decided to take action. They founded the Transition Towns movement, and using classic community organizing tactics, the students began spreading the word that rather than relying on arthritic political systems, concerned citizens around the world should confront the related issues of peak oil and climate change in their own ways in their own communities. By 2010, there were about 300 Transition Towns organizations around the world. Seventy-four of them were in this country, according to Transition United States, based in Sebastopol. That’s a fairly hefty percentage of total transition groups, especially considering that Transition United States got started only in January 2009. In the North Bay, residents in Sebastopol and Cotati fired up their local Transition Towns groups. In Marin the idea also spread, including groups in West Marin, Mill Valley and other cities. Transi10 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013

tion United States figures there are at least four significant (attempts) to mull it over for each official transition initiative. The foundation of the transition movement rests on a core principal that unless people take actions in their own communities to decrease carbon consumption and increase self-reliant communities, the country and the world will sooner or later face catastrophe resulting from declining petroleum supplies and a degraded environment. Some call the philosophy alarmist, but adherents participate on a continuum. Outliers are closer to survivalists, but the more moderate participants, like Resilient Neighborhoods eco teams, believe that creating neighborhood communities where people know each other, exchange keys, look out for each other, can produce an organically bonded community that can withstand an emergency better by working together. That kind of bonded community also can promote a new paradigm low-carbon community. As an example, says Peters, neighbors could go to a local hardware store and say that if the store stocks LED light bulbs, the neighbors will buy from that store. Promoting a low-carbon diet that creates a low-carbon local economy is inherent in the strategy. In another example of a Transition Towns and Resilient Neighborhoods strategy to reduce consumption, West Marin started a tool library and a community garden to share resources in the community to obviate the need for outside supply. While Transition Towns forms the philosophical foundation for a low-carbon diet and reduced consumption, Resilient Neighborhoods is like an action plan. The eco teams trade information and tips, and that kind of proliferation produces new ways to reduce consumption in a kind of viral chain reaction. In 2006, the Empowerment Institute started to work on how cities and their residents could be persuaded to make cultural and economic changes to embrace what in a best-case scenario would be a carbon-neutral existence. The low carbon diet was born. It offers 24 actions to reduce a household’s carbon footprint. More than 300 “Cool Communities” have taken up the challenge in 36 states to achieve a 25-percent reduction in their carbon footprints. The Cool Community model has been replicated and adapted for China, Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. But spreading word about a low-carbon diet is one thing; turning the concept into action is another. In an explanation of the challenges associated with following the low-carbon path, Gershon writes, “But wide proliferation of these tools is not the same as effectively applying them. After several years of watching many cities dive into this behavior change and community engagement process with gusto, but fizzle out after they bumped up against the hard work and deep knowledge required to be

effective, it became apparent we had gone a mile-wide and an inch deep.... We now needed to help communities skillfully deploy [low-carbon strategies] if we wished to realize the potential of a demand-side greenhouse gas reduction strategy.” That’s exactly where Resilient Neighborhoods fits into the mix. “Resilient Neighborhoods is kind of a transition to Transition Towns,” says Peters. Among the Transition Towns groups that have expressed interest in the Resilient Neighborhoods paradigm is the city of Sonoma. That city also is one of the possible participants in the next stage of the lowcarbon-diet effort. Spurred in large part because of a commitment among Northern California cities to seek ways that can reduce carbon emissions as well as the state’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the institute chose five candidate cities here. The Empowerment Institute has identified five cities that it says have “demonstrated early adopter credentials around taking climate action. The cities are Davis, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Sonoma and San Rafael. Three of the cities will be chosen to be part of a Cool City challenge. Among the goals of the challenge are engaging between 25 percent and 75 percent of households to reduce their carbon footprint by a minimum of 25 percent, with a minimum of 40 percent performing home energy retrofits. Also among the goals: developing a plan to transition to true carbon neutrality. And echoing the economic goal at Resilient Neighborhoods, the institute has set its own target to “develop a low-carbon economic development strategy around increased residential demand generated by the campaign for low-carbon goods and services, energy efficiency retrofits and renewable energy.” The institute’s challenge also mirrors the Resilient Neighborhoods model “to create block-based teams to increase individual and collective resiliency of residents in neighborhoods to address climate-related risks and enhance overall sustainability and livability.” Whenever the topic of taking individual actions to promote sustainability arises, critics pipe up and say individual actions are a small drop in a big bucket. “Our government leaders should be doing this,”

says Peters. “But they’re not. And I have found in working in political campaigns that if people put their anger and frustration at not being able to affect [the big picture] into something that they can do,” it can change behavior. “With citizens working in partnership with their local towns and governments that have climate change action plans, like the city of San Rafael, we can do it together. This is a model that empowers people to take action.” It’s a new chorus for the think globally, act locally refrain. Just how much of an impact Resilient Neighborhoods has had with its pilot project is the subject of a study currently under way. Before the start of the pilot, in fall 2011, the organization distributed a survey to participants asking about their lives and habits, where they shopped, how politically active they were, how prepared for a disaster they were. One year later, after completion of the pilot, the organization is sending out a new survey to see what has changed in the behavior of participants. And as the new year gets under way, says Peters, Resilient Neighborhoods is re-working its informational material and seeking to start new eco teams. The focus will remain the same regarding preparedness, carbon reduction and promoting a local low carbon economy. “We say that this is what you can do. These are the things that may happen,” says Peters. “We need to be prepared for emergencies. Sea level is rising. When we have violent storms, there will be disruption of supplies here. We need to do what we can to bond with our neighbors, and we need to support our local businesses, because they are the ones who are going to be here. It’s completely practical and pragmatic.” And when it comes to reducing carbon emissions in households, individual residents can in fact make a big difference by following the low-carbon diet. A 2007 study commissioned by the Marin County Community Development Agency found that Marin’s ecological footprint was 27 acres per person. That’s more than the country as a whole and more than double many industrialized European countries. Energy use in buildings accounts for 44 percent of the county’s total footprint.< Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com

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Huffman and signed into law that fall by Gov. Brown. The seeds of AB 376 were planted by Marin resident David McGuire, director of the Tiburon-based nonprofit Sea Stewards. Shark fins are the key ingredient in shark fin soup, a delicacy in some eastern cultures and viewed by some as a status symbol. Several Chinese restaurants in San Francisco feature it on their menus. The fins are typically derived from the live capture of sharks—often caught as bycatch on tuna and swordfish boats—who then have their fins severed and their live bodies are then dumped back into the ocean. Some studies show up to 73 million sharks are killed each year for the soup.


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s a grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, John Roosevelt Boettiger spent several of his early years underfoot at the White House, where his grandfather, whom he called “PaPa,” was an occasional playmate. The son of Anna Roosevelt and John Boettiger, John was born in Seattle and raised there, in Phoenix and in Berkeley. When his father joined the Army in World War II, John and his mother moved in with Eleanor and FDR, where Anna became her father’s treasured assistant. Boettiger, a tall man with a white beard and a kindly persona, wrote tenderly about his parents’ star-crossed marriage in A Love in Shadow (Norton, 1978). We had a chat—though not near a fireside—in the library of the Redwoods retirement community in Mill Valley where he moved this year.

Top of the PaPa’s... Few know of FDR’s fondness for comics, swimming and an available elevator quite like Mill Valley’s John Roosevelt Boettiger

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What was it like to have the run of the White House. What years were these? It was between 1942 and 1945, and both wonderful and confusing. I lived there between the ages of 3 and 6, and it was bewildering to live in such an by enormous home with a proliferation J o a nne of caregivers. My mother was FDR’s W i l l i ams right hand, which fulfilled a dream of her own but was difficult for me, as I didn’t have as much of her attention as I would have liked. What was your day like? I was driven to nursery school and kindergarten with the Secret Service watching and hanging out until I was driven home. There wasn’t much chance to have friends come over. But there was plenty of room to play on the third floor and the South Lawn. And White House guards and Secret Service men were tolerant companions.

upper body so he could swim quite well. He didn’t want to be defined by his polio; he never wanted to be seen by the public or photographed being carried.

And FDR was a “playmate”? PaPa was a very playful man. He had windup toys on his desk in the Oval Office and I could come in and play with them, he didn’t mind. He was a warm, funny, caring person. I also liked to play with the elevator, pushing the buttons and riding up and down. PaPa never chided m e , h e ’d j u s t say, “John, other people need to use the elevator sometimes.”

Were the holidays like we see at the White House today? The holidays were magical. I remember one Thanksgiving when PaPa was sitting at the head of the table, and I was at the bottom, being the youngest, and he said “Hey, Johnny, do you want a drumstick?” and lobbed a big turkey leg toward me. I put my napkin up in a hurry and it landed in my lap. He had a good aim.

Boettiger, at home with two sculptures of his grandparents he keeps on display.

What other dary What other funny h the legen playing did you e’d stay witng-adult life. h r— o n stories do you a is you ma Ele do with the 32nd and Grand y times throughout h n h Jo y remember? b a B t lady man president? former firs Once when Winston Churchill was We often read the visiting the White House FDR rolled his funny papers together in his bedroom. I swam wheelchair into Churchill’s bedroom and with him in the White House pool. He was a saw his visitor was naked. He started to strong swimmer; he had an especially strong wheel back out but Churchill said, “That’s

all right Mr. President. The prime minister of England has nothing to hide from the president of the United States. ” Were you the only grandchild to live at the White House? At the time, yes. But my half-siblings, known in those days as “Sistie” and “Buzzie,” lived there for a while, children from my mother’s first marriage. They were older so I didn’t know them at the time. Where did you go after you left the White House? My parents wanted to return to Seattle, where my father was publisher of a Hearst paper, but he felt it wouldn’t work for him to be associated with FDR and write for a Hearst. He wanted to establish a liberal Democratic newspaper so we moved, of all places, to Phoenix. Not the ideal place for that kind of paper, but I loved the high desert. Before the war both of my parents had significant positions at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, he as publisher and she managing what was then called the “women’s section.” My father was a fine reporter and loved newspaper work. How did things go in Phoenix? Not very well. My father had been fight-

ing depression for a long time. The paper foundered despite my parents’ best efforts. They divorced, my mother and I moved to Los Angeles, and she later remarried. My father committed suicide at age 50. He was a natural and gifted reporter but struggled with depression all his life. My mother lived another 25 years and died of cancer in 1975 at age 69. How did your father’s suicide affect you? Safe to say, a father’s suicide has a terrible and lingering impact on an 11-year-old boy. I recall writing in A Love in Shadow something to the effect that I lived for so long with the impact of his death that there was little room in my memory for his life. I wrote then, in some measure, to remedy that imbalance, to recover my experience of him as my dad and learn about his earlier life and family. As a boy I never doubted that he loved me; but his leave-takings—leaving home for the war, then leaving us in Phoenix (I didn’t understand it was my mother’s insistence), then his death— left me with frightening, confused feelings of desertion, which of course was not his intention. He wrote me wonderful letters during the war and after. My grandmother [Eleanor Roosevelt] loved him, and part of her gift to me in later years was to share her under- 12> JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 11

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standing and feeling for him. When she read my writing in those years, I vividly remember her saying it reminded her of his writing. What happened after your mother’s remarriage and your father’s death? I was sent to boarding school, then east for high school, and went to Amherst College for my undergraduate studies. After that I went to Columbia to study for a Ph.D. in political science. However, I knew a career in politics was not for me. I worked for the RAND Corporation, taught at my alma mater, Amherst College, and was a founding faculty member of Hampshire College, where I designed an interdisciplinary program in human development and happily taught for 20 years. During those years at Hampshire I completed a Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology at Union Graduate School. After a divorce I moved to California to be near my kids, and taught graduate students in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology.

connection between patient and staff. Her research focused on feelings, which are too often insufďŹ ciently expressed in psychotherapy. I would have continued to teach at Modum Bad but Norway is too far from my children and grandchildren. So you came back when? In 2009 Leigh was giving a lecture in the Bay Area. While there she discovered she had developed ALS, a vicious, unforgiving disease, which progressed rapidly. She died last June at age 67. She was an incandescent spirit. She courageously tried to beat ALS through a holistic approach but without success.

Will you resume teaching? Not in the usual way. I’m 73. The Redwoods, where I now live, is my community. It is a nourishing place to be. It offers companionship, friendship. It has a wonderful diversity of activities. I am especially drawn to their “Searching for Meaningâ€? and meditation groups. I am president of the Residents Council and that takes some The 32nd President is currently portrayed on the big screen by Bill Murray in time. The Were you ‘Hyde Park on Hudson.’ Redwoods close to your is undertakgrandmothing a massive renovation these next two er, Eleanor, after the White House years? years and the support and input from the Yes, I lived with her on all my vacations residents are important. from college, at her home in Hyde Park and New York City, traveled with her in Europe Do you have travel plans? and joined her work on behalf of the United I have dear friends in Norway. I probably Nations. She was generous, wise and loving, will go back yearly. I left a whole household my ďŹ rst and most inuential mentor. there. It was my community. But Mill Valley is my community now. I am close to my Where have you lived recently? kids, eight grandkids and one delightful My most recent years were spent in 3-year-old great-granddaughter who live in Norway with my late wife, Leigh, also a psychologist and faculty member at Harvard Ecuador with her parents. Medical School. She was offered the job of Any black sheep in the Roosevelt family? director of research at Modum Bad hospiNo, but there are a few woolly Repubtal in rural Norway, a nourishing, healing psychiatric community hospital that stressed licans. < 12 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013


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n a scale of one to 10—the legendary, bloody feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys being a 10—this tempest in a teapot rates a zero! But that ain’t gonna stop me from recounting this bit of, uh, wrung-out gossip. At the soft opening last winter for the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, and following months of delays and considerable anticipation, the renovated nightclub and restaurant bankrolled, in part, by ex-Dead guitarist Bob Weir, a couple of local notables complained that ex-Dead bassist Phil Lesh had tried to steal Weir’s thunder by announcing the opening of Terrapin Crossroads, his own restaurant and music venue on the shores of the San Rafael Canal. “Couldn’t Lesh have waited a just a little while?” kvetched one peeved businessman with longtime connections to the Dead. The rumors flew, as rumors will, but few seriously believed there was any bad blood between these two peace-lovin’ giants of hippiedom. I mean, bad vibes between a pair of rich, famous, AARP-

qualified Marin rockers embarking on a new and relatively risk-free stage of their astronomically successful show business careers? Nah! The announcement last week that Weir and Lesh—or is it Lesh and Weir?—will reunite Jan. 16-19 with their post-Dead band Further should lay to rest any rumor that, you know, they can’t all get along. The cold, hard fact is that tickets for the four-night stand are a whopping $162 general and $317 VIP. If that’s too pricey, or you missed the lottery, three-sevenths of Further (Lesh, Jeff Chimenti and John Kadlecik), backed by the seasoned jam band God Street Wine, will perform Jan. 23-26 at a three-night “Ramble with God” at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. Tickets are a relatively modest $65. Random Notes: Here’s a rumor you can bank on. The current owners of George’s in San Rafael are finalizing the sale of that venerable bar and nightclub. The new owners could seal the deal sometime in the next four to eight weeks.

The revamped George’s reopened in 2010, four years after an ambitious plan to locate Kimball’s West supper club fizzled. The onetime Fourth Street bar and pool hall has never regained the level of high-profile headliners—the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robert Cray, Chris Isaak & the Silvertones, the Neville Brothers and Albert King, among others—presented in the ’80s and ’90s when Tom Swartz and Tom Hutt ran it as New George’s. The business rivals are all smiles when it comes to Further. Let’s hope the new date for direct-marketing entrepreneur owners set their sights high. Laura van Galen’s multimillion-dollar Meanwhile, no word on an opening Fenix Supper Club at 919 Fourth Street in San Rafael, just a block away from George’s. The website still promises a 2012 opening. Longtime musician Merl Saunders Jr., the son of the late keyboardist Merl Saunders (known for his acclaimed collaborations with Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia), has been enlisted to book the music and executive chef Amey Shaw will make things sizzle on the culinary side. File under “Carat & Shtick.” In case you missed this item in Premier Guitar magazine: “After a year of scandal in the tabloids, Journey guitarist and founding member Neal Schon got down on one knee this past October and popped the question to his girlfriend, Michaele Salahi (of The Real Housewives of D.C. fame), onstage with a 11.42-carat diamond ring valued at well over a million bucks. After a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd, the band launched into their mega-hit ‘Faithfully.’ While that spectacle might have been one straight out the Journey power-ballad playbook, left to his own devices, Schon is about more than just sappy love songs and compact, melodic, pop solos.” That bit of “rock” excess and other details on the recording of Schon’s new CD, The Calling, can be found in the January issue. (Premier is under the editorial direction of former Marin music writer Shawn Hammond.) < Start rumors with Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com. JANUARY 11, 2012 – JANUARY 17, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 13


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A DELICIOUS START TO THE NEW YEAR While we were all involved in shopping and entertaining and complaining about the weather during the last month, we gained several new places to eat, here in Marin, each of them with a touch of community feeling. In mid-December Leo and Erika Correa (also owners of Picante Taqueria in San Rafael) opened Beso Bistro and Wine Bar in Novato’s Hamilton neighborhood, right next door to the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. They had done a great deal of remodeling in the old Hamilton Café building, extensive infrastructure as well as bright new decor. Within days heavy rainstorms assailed the restaurant and for a month it has opened and closed several times due to water damage and holiday time off. Now it’s up and running. Correa, a native of Chile, was executive chef at Horizons in Sausalito for more than two decades; it was there he developed his skills with seafood. His menu also features meat dishes, among them lomo saltado, a Chilean favorite showcasing strips of beef in a spicy sauce. The arrival of Beso means a lot to those who live in the area, a comfortable place for lunch or dinner. 502 South Palm Drive, 415/883-6700; open daily, 11:30am2:30pm and 5:30-9pm. www.besobistro. com...Meanwhile, in Corte Madera, Mario and Tony Farahmand, owners of Benissimo, introduced the nearby Café Verde, an all-day gathering place right on the edge of Corte Madera Town Park. It is one of those instant hits, attracting a wide range of people who come to eat (breakfast, lunch, dinner) from a menu of casual foods, take coffee or sip wine in a place with a European feel to it. A bowl of soup? Pizza? Croissant? Panino? All of these await. 502 Tamalpais Drive, 415/927-1060; open 7am-9pm weekdays, 9am-9pm weekends. www.cafeverdemarin.com...Vegans and vegetarians and those who eat both fish and fowl can enjoy The Plant Café Organic, Strawberry Village’s latest dining spot that arrived right in time for the new

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WAY OUT WEST There’s also action out in West Marin. Natives are taking to the renewed spirit of Perry’s Deli, one of the few outposts for food in the remote area. It is becoming something of a destination these days. Owner Dan Thompson put in a new kitchen and in moved chef Ed Vigil (lately of San Rafael’s Vin Antico) to create made-to-order sandwiches with salads and specialty accompaniments, with a famous burger served on Wednesdays, all organic ingredients, mostly local. Those headed out to Point Reyes National Seashore can call ahead to order packed lunches to go. Shorty’s Organic Produce Stand is still in there with owner Gail Coppinger’s carefully selected vegetables and fruits. Vigil is looking forward to doing pop-up dinners in the near future. For a feeling of the place, watch a charming video on YouTube from Josh Berry, “About a Sandwich,” the story of the West Marin Reuben. 12301 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., 415/663-1491...Over Christmas there was more than a mouse stirring in the old Olema Inn. New owners Margaret Grade and Daniel DeLong (also owners of Manka’s Inverness Lodge, still shuttered but looking toward rebirth) stealthily opened for dinner during Christmas week and on New Year’s Eve and then closed again. This was a trial run for the restaurant, now called The Olema; it is scheduled to open for good around Valentine’s Day. Check out its progress at www. theolema.com. < Contact Pat at patfusco@sonic.net.

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(2:35) Direct from South Bank it’s A.W. Pinero’s fast and furious farce about an upstanding justice, his deceptive bride and her roustabout of a son. O Not Fade Away (1:52) Period musical about the trials and tribulations of a 1960s Jersey garage band. O Our Children (1:57) Prize-winning Belgian drama about a lonely wife, her greencard husband and her wealthy physician lover. O Parental Guidance (1:36) Comedy ensues when groovy 20th century couple Bette Midler and Billy Crystal find themselves babysitting their nerdy, entitled 21st century grandkids. O Pieta (1:54) The life of a ruthless Korean loan shark is upended when a mysterious woman (his mother, perhaps?) appears on his doorstep. O Promised Land (1:46) Gus Van Sant directs Dave Eggers’ story about two corporate hotshots out of their element in a small town; Matt Damon and Hal Holbrook star. O Rise of the Guardians (1:37) Fantastical family-friendly fare about a group of ultrapowerful good guys who team up to pro-

tect the planet’s children from a marauding evil spirit. O Silver Linings Playbook (2:02) David O. Russell comedy about a down-and-outer’s attempts to rebuild his life after losing his wife and his job and moving in with his parents; Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence star. O The Sleeping Beauty (3:00) Tchaikovsky’s timeless ballet is brought to dazzling life by the terpsichoreans of London’s Royal Ballet. O The Sound of Music (2:56) A dewy-eyed governess and her seven young charges enchant a cranky Austrian widower in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s megahit musical. O Texas Chainsaw (1:32) Sequel to the grisly horror saga finds a young heiress coming upon the bloodthirsty Sawyer clan in her spooky Texas mansion. O The Third Half (1:53) Macedonian drama about the forbidden love affair between a soccer star and a Jewish heiress on the eve of World War II. O This Is 40 (2:14) Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up” sequel finds Pete and Debbie dealing with the realities of married bliss; Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd and Albert Brooks star. O War Witch (1:30) An African adolescent’s childhood is brutally negated when she’s abducted for training in guerilla warfare. O When Day Breaks (1:30) A retired Serbian professor finds out that he’s not who he always thought he was, giving him the courage to reinvent his life. O Zero Dark Thirty (2:37) Kathryn Bigelow’s brutal docudrama about an elite team of ops and agents and their decadelong hunt for Osama bin Laden. <

N New Movies This Week

Argo (R) N Blancanieves (Not Rated) Chasing Ice (Not Rated) Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (PG) N Clandestine Childhood (Not Rated) N The Deep (Not Rated) N The Delay (Not Rated) Django Unchained (R)

N Gangster Squad (R)

The Guilt Trip (PG-13) N A Haunted House (R) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG) Hyde Park on Hudson (R) N The Impossible (PG-13) The Intouchables (R) Jack Reacher (PG-13) N Kauwboy (Not Rated) N Keep Smiling (Not Rated) Life of Pi (PG) Lincoln (PG-13) The Master (R) N The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (Not Rated) Les Miserables (PG-13)

Monsters, Inc. (G) N Nairobi Half Life (Not Rated) N National Theatre London: The Magistrate (Not Rated) N Not Fade Away (R) N Our Children (Not Rated) Parental Guidance (PG) N Pieta (Not Rated) Promised Land (R) Rise of the Guardians (PG)

Maribel Verdú in ‘Blancavieves,’ playing Friday as part of the Rafael’s week-long program of imports up for this year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. 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 • 461-4849 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

Silver Linings Playbook (R) N The Sleeping Beauty (Not Rated) N The Sound of Music (G) Texas Chainsaw (R) N The Third Half (Not Rated) This Is 40 (R) N War Witch (Not Rated) N When Day Breaks (Not Rated) N Zero Dark Thirty (R)

Fairfax: 12:50, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:35 MonThu 7:15, 10:15 Northgate: Fri 3:10, 5:55 Rafael: Fri 8:30 Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:15 Sat-Sun 1:45, 6:15 Mon 6:15, 8 Wed-Thu 6:15 Northgate: Fri 1:55, 9:25; 3D showtime at 6:50 Rafael: Wed 6:30 Thu 8:15 Rafael: Wed 8:30 Rafael: Sun 4:30 Fairfax: 12:40, 4:05, 7:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:40, 3:20, 7, 10:30 Mon-Thu 6:30, 10 Regency: Fri-Tue, Thu 12:15, 4, 7:55 Rowland: 11:35, 3:15, 7, 10:30 Sequoia: Fri 3:25, 7, 10 Sat 11:45, 3:25, 7, 10 Sun 11:45, 3:25, 7 Mon, Tue, Thu 4, 7:30 Wed 2:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 4:25, 7, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12:30, 4:25, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 8, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8, 10:40 Mon-Thu 7, 9:45 Northgate: Fri 11:05, 12:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 8:40, 10 Rowland: 11:30, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Northgate: Fri 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Northgate: Fri 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Rowland: 11:10, 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8, 10:15 Northgate: Fri 12:25; 3D showtimes at 4, 7:35 Sequoia: Fri 5:10, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Mon, Tue, Thu 4:30, 7 Regency: Fri-Tue, Thu 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:50 Rowland: 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:30, 8 Mon 9 Wed-Thu 8 Northgate: Fri 10:35, 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Rafael: Thu 6:30 Rafael: Fri 6:30 Sat 3 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 3:50, 9:30 Sun-Thu 3:50 Northgate: Fri 10:30, 4:35, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7:30 Fairfax: 1:50, 5, 8:10 Playhouse: 4:25, 7:40 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:25, 7:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:45, 3:10, 7, 10:15 Sun-Tue, Thu 11:45, 3:10, 7 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 7:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 Mon-Thu 7:15 Marin: Wed 6:30 Regency: Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Wed 6:30 Fairfax: 12:20, 3:40, 7:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10:40 Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 10:40 Mon-Thu 6:45, 10:10 Marin: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:10 Mon-Tue, Thu 4, 7:30 Northgate: Fri 12:10, 3:45, 7:20 Rowland: 12, 3:45, 7:15, 10:40 Northgate: Fri 11:25; 3D showtime at 4:25 Rafael: Sun 6:30 Lark: Thu 7:30 Northgate: Fri 9:50pm Rafael: Sat 6 Lark: Fri-Sat 3:20, 5:40, 8 Sun 2:20, 4:40, 7 Mon 4 Tue-Wed 4:40, 7 Thu 4:40 Northgate: Fri 10:50, 1:25, 4:05, 7, 9:35 Rowland: 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Rafael: Sat 8:30 Northgate: Fri 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 Northgate: Fri 11:50, 4:50; 3D showtimes at 2:20, 7:15 Marin: Fri-Sat 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10 Sun 1, 4:10, 7:20 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:20 Northgate: Fri 11, 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Rafael: Sun 1 Tue 6:30 Regency: Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Wed 2, 7 Northgate: Fri 12:30; 3D showtimes at 2:55, 5:30, 8, 10:35 Rowland: 12:20; 3D showtimes at 2:45, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 Rafael: Tue 8:30 Northgate: Fri 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Rafael: Sun 8:30 Rafael: Tue 6:30 Cinema: Fri-Wed 11:45, 3:20, 7, 10:30 Fairfax: 1, 4:15, 7:30 Marin: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:40, 7, 10:20 Sun 12:15, 3:40, 7 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:40 Playhouse: 4:15, 7:30 SatSun 1, 4:15, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:05, 1:55, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30, 9:20 Sun-Tue, Thu 12:05, 1:55, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30 Rowland: 12:15, 3:40, 7:10, 10:35 JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 17, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 19


›› TALKiNG PiCTURES

Not another teen movie Some youth films have really come of age, says ‘Troublemaker’ playwright by David Te mpleton

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t takes a while, but eventually, playwright Dan LeFranc gets there. “Oh my god! Harry Potter!” he says. At the beginning of our conversation, I asked the New York writer to name the movies that best capture the real lives of adolescents, but it’s harder than expected to think of movies that deal with kids age 11 or 12, since most youth-oriented films focus on kids in high school, not middle school. LeFranc (newdramatists.org/danLeFranc), in the Bay Area for the world premiere of his new play Troublemaker, or The Freakin’ Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatwright, has been thinking a lot about middle school kids, since the characters in his play—opening this week at Berkeley Repertory Theater (berkeleyrep.org)— are all middle school kids, dealing with middle school problems: parents, bullies, zombies, monster-dogs and homework. In the play—running through Feb. 3— Bradley and his best-buds are all played by actors in their 20s, lending a certain stylized surrealism to the tale, and underscoring the award-winning playwright’s notion that the things that happen to us in childhood are carried though into our adult lives. In most books, movies, and plays, however, each stage of life seems to exist as its own distinct world. And for some reason, the world of 12-year-olds has been less interesting to filmmakers than the world of teenagers and kids trying to

Playwright Dan LeFranc monitors the halls of teendom in ‘Troublemaker,’ opening this week at Berkeley Rep. 20 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 17, 2013

lose their virginity before graduating from high school. When LeFranc finally thinks of the Harry Potter movies, it’s one of those “Aha! Of course!” moments. “Harry Potter!” LeFranc semi-shouts, speaking over the phone between rehearsals for Troublemaker.” “That’s the big dog, isn’t it? Harry, Ron and Hermione are basically middle school kids at the beginning, right? They’re what? Eleven? And we watch these kids grow up over the course Few films captured the universal experiences of the tween years as authentically as ‘Harry Potter.’ of those movies. It’s a brilliant series, because it takes the inner lives of kids, and you go into them, as an audience member, stories that can help us. When we see a treats it with a lot of truth and respect. thinking that you’re going to be seeing movie or a play that reflects our stories And it’s got a bully who’s a rich kid with a back to us, it can be fairly therapeutic.” it from a distance, that it’s going to be posse of thugs, just “I read something recently, I can’t rememnostalgic. You’re like in Troublemaker. ber where, but there was this great line,” he thinking, ‘Oh, “Great!” LeFranc says. “It said, ‘We go to movies to experience I’ve already gone laughs. “Now you’re the emotions we try to avoid, at all costs, in through that stage going to see my play, our everyday lives.’ Right? We go to a movie in my life! What and you’re going to be and we bawl our eyes out, or we get terrified, do I have to learn like, ‘Ah. Hmmmm. or we laugh in ways that would be embarfrom a young boy It’s Harry Potter. Um . rassing if we’d laughed that way in front of struggling with . . .’ But I really wasn’t our co-workers, or whatever. We go to this adolescence?’” thinking about Harry sacred space—a theater—where we can let But a good Potter when I wrote out this other side of ourselves, a side we keep coming-of-age Troublemaker, but is one of those coming-of-age movies about emocontained in our day-to-day walking-around story, LeFranc now that I’m thinking ‘Carrie’ tions we ‘try to avoid, at all costs, in our everyday lives.’ existence. It is a kind of therapy, totally!” believes, can teach about it, I’m going . . . Life, LeFranc has also realized, is a lot us something. ‘Hmmmmmmm.’” like going to a play like Troublemaker, “Absolutely!” he says. “It can show us “What is it,” I ask, “that makes for a sucwhich throws a lot of theatrical curveballs the patterns in our lives. It can show us cessful story about young people? Aside at its audience. that the problems we were struggling with from bullies and zombies?” “The audience is always a little quiet at as young people are still, in a lot of ways, “Basically, there needs to be a the top of the show,” he admits. “Because the same problems we’re struggling with tremendous amount of growth,” he they are using a lot of energy, just trying to replies. “Otherwise, you’re not taking today—problems of identity, deciding figure out the rules of the show. But after who we are in the world, and how we will advantage of the strengths of the a while, they get what’s going on, and they behave, how our behavior affects other coming-of-age genre. I think that warm up and start laughing and enjoying pretty much goes without saying, but people. We don’t just solve that stuff in themselves more fully. I guess it’s all a little childhood. In most cases, nobody says, a lot of stories about kids don’t take shocking at first, seeing something new ‘Oh! OK, I see! Now I know exactly how advantage of that potential. and different, adjusting to a whole new I am perceived by others, and how my “I also think it depends on who way of looking at things. That’s how a lot action aff ect all of the people around me!’ you’re trying to reach,” LeFranc of art functions, I think.” Those are things that we keep re-learning, continues. “There is a genre of teen“And . . .” I point out, “You’ve also just all through our lives. Which is why we age drama that is really just hookdescribed the process of maturing. The first have stories, and movies, and plays—to ing a teenage audience. But with remind us about the things that are impor- time things happen to us, we think, ‘Oh my Troublemaker, I wasn’t interested god! How am I going to live through this?’ tant in leading a better life. in just reaching a teenage audience. “The best coming-of-age stories,” he says, And then, it becomes old hat.” I’m interested in reaching everyone. “That’s so true, right?” LeFranc laughs. “use the problems of the past to shed light When I finally realized what kind “And then it all becomes new again! We on the problems we are dealing with in the of story I was writing, what kind of get older, we experience something, and present, as adults. Does that make sense?” journey this kid was going on, it was we think, ‘Ouch! I thought this was old “It’s like therapy,” I remark. “In therapy, clear that what this 12-year-old is hat! I thought I knew how to deal with going through is actually a very adult we’re often taken back to our childhoods, this, but now it’s hard again! That’s why to fi gure out how we formed the decistruggle, a very human struggle. It’s these stories stay relevant. sions and opinions and systems that have not just, ‘Oh, I hope the girl finally “And,” he adds with a laugh, “why writinformed the rest of our lives. We do that goes out with me.’ He’s dealing with ers and movie-makers will never run out by telling our stories to the therapist, who some really big stuff. What’s great of things to tell stories about.”< then hopefully sees something in those about coming-of-age stories is,


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F R I D AY J A N UA R Y 1 1 — F R I D AY J A N UA R Y 1 8 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar

Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin

Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information »pacificsun.com/sundial

Live music 01/11: Anthony B Reggae. Thrive opens. 10pm. $22-25. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/11: Audie Blaylock and Redline Bluegrass, country. 8pm. $13-15. Studio 55 Marin, 1455-A E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. www.studio55marin.com. 01/11: Buck Nickels and Loose Change New country. 8pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com. 01/11: Curtis Woodman Trio Jazz. 8-11pm. Osteria Divino, 37 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 331-9355. www.divinosausalito.com

01/11-12: Danny Click’s Texas Blues Night 9:30pm. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 01/11: Eric McFadden Trio Alt indie rock. 8:30pm. $10-12. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. www.hopmonk.com 01/11: Jackie Greene 8pm. Sold out show. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/11: Lady ‘D’ Sings Classic jazz and soul favorites accompanied by Alex Markels, guitar and Jack Prendergast, bass. 7pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. www.ladydandthetramps.com.

01/11: Silke Berlinn and the Underground Featuring Carole Leif. R&B classics,and original music. 9pm. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. 01/11: Taylor Brooks Band 9pm. $10. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com. 01/11: Feather Witch 80s rock. 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. www.perisbar.com.

01/11: Terrapin Family Band with Phil Lesh and Mark Karan 8:30pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. www.terrapincrossroads.net

01/12: Flowerbox featuring Radioactive, Jessi-Rose With members of Vinyl. 10pm. $10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/12: Foreverland 19 piece Michael Jackson tribute band. 9pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/12: Mystic Roots Reggae. 8:30pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com.

01/12: Sonoma Valley Jazz Society Jazzalicious 2013 With Chris Amberger, Ruth Davies and Jeff Chambers, bass; Jamie Davis, vocals; Mad and Eddie Duran, saxophone and guitar; Mike Greensill, piano; Mary Jenson, vocals; Noel

BEST BET A dose of great opera! What do Croatia, Austrian composer Joseph Hayden, pharmaceuticals and Mill Valley have in common? The Golden Gate Opera, that’s what. This Friday, Marin’s only opera company brings Hayden’s Der Apotheker, or THE PHARMACIST, to the stage with a cast from the Opera of the National Theatre of Croatia, Zagreb performing the 18th-century romantic comedy right in our back yard. The story follows a trio of suitors as they attempt to win the love of young, beautiful Grilletta. Confusion Singers with the Opera of the National Theatre of and rivalry ensues as the men fumCroatia, Zagreb offer the perfect prescription for great ble and agonize over who will get music this weekend in ‘The Pharmacist.’ the girl in the end. This “One Opera in One Hour” event is conducted by Darjana Blace Sojat and is sponsored in part by the Mill Valley Community Center and Gideon Sorokin. Friday, Jan. 11, at 8pm, Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. $25-$50. 415.339.9546 or www.goldengateopera.org. — Dani Burlison

Wake the Dead is a Celtic Grateful Dead cover band—so will they play selections from the ‘Go to Heaven’ album? Find out this Saturday at the Dance Palace. Jewkes, saxophone; Dana Land, vocals; Jeff Massanari, guitar; Akira Tana, drums; Larry Vuchovich, piano; Leon Joyce, drums. 7pm. $25. Studio 55 Marin, 1455-A E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. www.studio55marin.com. 01/12: Swoop Unit Instrumental jazz funk. 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. www.perisbar.com. 01/12: This Old Earthquake West Marin grown Americana. 9pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com. 01/12: Wake the Dead Celtic Grateful Dead jam band. With Danny Carnahan, fiddle, mandolin; Sylvia Herold, guitar; Paul Kotapish, mandolin; Maureen Brennan, Irish harp; Joe Craven, percussion; Cindy Browne, bass; Bobbi Nikles, fiddle and Brian Rice, percussion. 6pm. $10-20. Dance Palace, 503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station. 663-9480. www.dancepalace.org. 01/13: 17 strings Classic jazz compositions by Duke Ellington, Horace Silver, Tadd Dameron and others. With Alex Markels and James Moseley, guitars; Jack Prendergast, bass. 5:30pm. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. www.13stringsjazz.com. 01/13: Buddy Owen Blues, rock. 10pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/13: Jeremy D’Antonio and Friends Acoustic. 4pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com. 01/13: Judy Hall Jazz. 6:30pm. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 01/13: Sunday Salsa at The Seahorse Sunday salsa with Mazacote featuring Louie Romero 5pm. Free salsa dance class at 4pm. 5pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. 01/13: Warbler Folk, singer/songwriter. 9:30pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com.

01/15: Core-Tuesdays With Danny Uzilevsky. 7-9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/15: Greg Allman 8pm. $45-65. Palace of Fine Arts Theater, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. 800-745-3000. www.palaceoffinearts.org. 01/15: Noel Jewkes and Friends Jazz. 8pm. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. 01/15: Swing Fever “Memories of the King of Swing, Benny Goodman.” Featuring Howard Dudune, clarinet/saxophone. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com. 01/16: The Elvis Johnson Soul Revue 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. www.perisbar.com. 01/16-19: Furthur 7:30pm. Wed, Fri.-Sat.; 9:30pm Thurs. Sold out shows. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/16: Kelly Peterson Jazz. 9pm. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 01/16: Lucid Lion Indie, folk, roots. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com.

01/16: Marianna August with Ron Borelli Sorrento, Parisian, Latin. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview Street, San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com. 01/16: Rockit Science Rock. 7-9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/17: Audrey Moira Shimkas Jazz, Brazilian, pop/rock. 6pm. No cover. Trident Restaurant, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-8331. www.audreyshimkas.com. 01/17: Bridge Broke and Fro-Zen 8:30pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com. JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 21


01/17: Deborah Winters and Friends Contemporary, soulful jazz. 7pm. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview Street, San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com.

01/17: Dee Bell and the Marcos Silva Brazilian Band Mellow swing vocals, Brazilian jazz. 8pm. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. 01/17: The Incubators Groove based roots rock. Dredgetown opens. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com.

1/17: Keola Beamer & Jeff Peterson: The Beauty of Hawaiian Guitar 8pm. $22-28. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707-226-7372. www.nvoh.org. 01/17: Prisma Trova Acoustic duo. 9pm. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 01/18: The Acacia Collective 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-9910. www.perisbar.com. 01/18: Curtis Lawson R&B, soul, rock, country. 9pm. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com.

01/18: Dore Coller and Bermuda Grass Americana, bluegrass, reggae. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com. 01/18: J-Stalin Rap. 10pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/18: Michael Pinkham’s Jazz Jam 9pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com.

guests of the Opera of Croatian National Theater. 7pm: VIP Reception prior to the performance. 8pm general admission. $25-50. Mill Valley Communithy Calendar, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 339-9546. www.goldengateopera.org. 01/11: Kronos Quartet 8pm. $40-45. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707-226-7372. www.nvoh.org. 01/11: Slavyanka “Christmas in January.” Irina Shachneva, artistic director. Slavyanka and a select group of women singers will perform festive sacred music from Russia, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia and Georgia. 8pm. $15-25. Westminster Presybyterian Church, 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. www. slavyanka.org. 01/13: Jon Nakamatsu Piano. Works by Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven. 5pm. $15-30. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley. 381-4453. www.chambermusicmillvalley.org. 01/13: Lisa Sangita Moskow Rare Marin County appearance by accomplished sarod player /composer. An evening of original compositions and collaborations with violinist Lucian Balmer. 8pm. $13-15. Studio 55 Marin, 1455-A East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. www.studio55marin.com.

01/13: Sunday Special: Pacific Boychoir Concert The Grammy award winning Pacific Boychoir presents the troubadors in a repertory program for ears of all ages. 11am. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4741. www.millvalleylibrary.org.

01/15: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Comedy 01/14: Will I Ever Wear a Bikini Again? Comedy show by Marilyn Kentz, (formerly of “The Mommies”) which explores humor in aging. 7:30pm. $15. 123 Bolinas Wine Bar, 123 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. www.themommies.com. 01/17: Scott Capurro Standup. 8pm. $18-28. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 01/11-01/12: ‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ A musical revue of songs by Broadway icon, Stephen Sondheim. Directed and choreographed by Marylin Izdebski with musical direction by Judy Wiesen. Performances are 7:30pm January 11-12; 2pm January 12-13. $10-18. The Playhouse, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 453-0199. www.marilynizdebskiproductions. 01/13:‘M’ Staged reading of a new play written by Jeannie Barroga. Norman Gee, director. Cast includes Lisa Hori-Garcia, Tessa Konig-Martinez, Jed Parsario and Tony Williams 7:30pm. $10-20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.org. 01/17-02/17:‘Pack of Lies’ Hugh Whitemore’s play based on a true story about espionage during the Cold War. See website for performance details. $10-26. Barn Theatre, MAGC, 30 Sir Francis Drake, Ross. 456-9555. www.rossvalleyplayers.com. 01/18:‘The Real Americans’ Written and Performed by Dan Hoyle. Developed with and directed by Charlie Varon. 8pm. $21-35. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.org.

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Music Director Nicholas McGegan conducts works by Vivaldi. 8pm. $45-50. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707-226-7372. www.nvoh.org.

01/18: Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir 8pm. $20-25. Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 707-823-1511. www.seb.org.

Dance 01/11: Drumline Colorful, choreographed routines and a heavy doses of drum riffs project energy and athleticism. The forty member cast delivers a synchronized musical showcase of American marching band works. 8pm. $20-50. MarinVeterans Memorial Auditorium, Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800 www.marincenter.com 01/11-20: Yada Dance Company “Dance Rush.” 7 pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sat.-Sun. $58-110. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. 724-9255. www.palaceoffinearts.org. 01/13: Sha Sha Higby “Folding Into a Tempest.” Sculptural costume artist performance using the manipulation of handcrafted materials, textures and exotic sculptural costume interwoven with puppetry, dance and intricate props. 7pm. $18. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.org.

Art 01/11-12: ‘Actuality, Reminiscence, and Fabrication’ New photography by Deborah Sullivan. 11am. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. www.marinmoca.org.

01/11-15: 2012 Gallery 305 Fall Exhibition Includes “Linked by Pink: Artists for Awareness” and “Abstract,” Mia Brown, paintings. Open Mon-Fri. 11am-4pm. Closed holidays. 11am. Gallery 305, 305 Bell Lane, Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us.

ViDEO Cron-opolis David Cronenberg must have known ahead of time how preposterous his dialogue would sound in COSMOPOLIS, the new release featuring a 27-year-old billionaire who lives a lifetime in one cross-town limousine trip— and, as is his custom, that’s the point. Cronenberg is the lone fish swimming against a flood of hipness and vernacular, and A 20-something billionaire in a limo—what’s not to like? many of his old obsessions find their way into this adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Robert Pattinson stars as Eric Packer, a man with everything: A beautiful wife, godlike power over his minions and a billion staked on the yuan which, as his limo’s display screens and visiting number-people tell him, is looking a little shaky at the moment. So for that matter is his sanity—supremely isolated in his rolling glass bubble, and set on a teeter by an in-transit physical exam that reveals a lopsided prostate. But Packer is a man on a mission: Neither medical news nor a presidential visit, rampaging Occupy crowds nor a crazed stalker will keep Packer from the haircut he wants. This commercial flop won over Cannes critics with its daring and will certainly resonate with Cronenberg fans, while likely appalling the rest. Burroughs, Cronenberg, Ballard, Joy Division and Bauhaus, ReSearch, 1890s Symbolists and the rest... for old-timers like me, this cult and its demigods remain a powerful draw. —Richard Gould 01/11-16: Winter Group Exhibition Group exhibition with works by Jose Basso, Alberto Ludwig, Braulio Delgado, James Leonard, Phoebe Brunner, Jane Smaldone, Greg Ragland and GR Martin. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 945-9454. www.bergelli.com.

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Through 01/17: Art on the Farm Exhibit and Fundraiser Holiday fundraising exhibition for

01/12: Youth Spanish/English Bilingual Winter Bird Count Families explore the marsh,

Marin Organic’s Farm Field Studies Program; a collaboration between Art Works Downtown, Marin Organic, Marin History Museum and Art on the Farm. Celebrate art and local farms. Reception 5-8pm Jan. 11. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. 205-3490. www.artworksdowntown.org. 01/11-02/03: ‘Out of the Blue’ Annual juried group exhibition. Reception 3-5pm Jan. 13. 11101 Hwy. One, Pt. Reyes Station. 663-1347. www.galleryrouteone.org

Through 01/31: ‘Made up Stories from an Imagined Past’ Exhibition of new paintings by Inez Storer. Opening reception 6-8 pm Jan.11. Show accompanied by full color catalog with essay by Maria Porges. 6pm. Free. Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave., Mill Valley. 384-8288. www.seagergray.com. Through 02/05:‘Works on Water’ Group exhibition of 30 artists who explore the aesthetics and politics of water, including water consumption, quality, scarcity, pollution and reclamation. Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing #200, Novato. 464-2527. www.marincf.org.

Through 02/07: ‘Passages: From Representational to Abstract’ Marin Society of Artists, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. www.marinsocietyofartists.org. Through 02/09: ‘Manifest’M Germán Herrera, photographs. Smith Anderson North, 20 Greefield Ave., San Anselmo. 455-9733. www.smithandersonnorth.com

01/12: Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno 11am-noon. $7-17. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. www.baykidsmuseum.org.

bay and uplands near San Rafael’s Pickleweed Community Center. Led by expert birders, participants will learn how to identify and collect data on the birds visiting the area during winter. 8:30am12:30 pm. Free. Meet at Albert J. Boro Community Center in Pickleweed Park, 50 Canal St., San Rafael. 388-2524. www.tiburonaudubon.org.

01/13: Marine Science Sunday: Animals of the Arctic 11am. $5-7, under four free. The Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Sausalito. 289-7325. www.marinemammalcenter.org. 01/13: College Bound Workshop The College Admissions Process 9th-11th grade students and parents. How the choices you make throughout high school affect college admissions. Presented by Osher Marin JCC :30pm. Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8050. www.marinjcc.org.

Film 01/13: ‘Rebels with a Cause’ New film narrated by Frances McDormand that celebrates the people and passion which saved the coastal wonders that would become the Pt. Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. 6pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station. 663-9480. www.dancepalace.org. 01/13: From the Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty 1p.m. and 6:30pm Jan.15. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-1222. www.cafilm.org.


01/16: The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Aida Verdi. 6:30pm. Regency, 280 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 479-5050

01/16: Miss Representation: KIDDO! benefit screening Award-winning documentary explores and challenges how women are portrayed in mainstream media, and how it affects the average woman, society and our nation. 100% of net proceeds benefit KIDDO. 7:15pm. $10-15. Mill Valley Middle School Gym , 425 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley. www.speaktomeevents.com. 01/17: Live from the National Theatre l�The Magistrate.� With John Lithgow. 7:30pm. $30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur. 924-5111. www.larktheater.net.

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01/12: Save the Bay at Hal Brown Park Help to plant native shrubs and transform the transition zone between the park and Creekside Marsh from a monoculture of non-native Harding grass to a rich, native ecosystem. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend. Preregistration is required. 9am-noon. Free. Bon Air Road, Greenbrae. 473-3778. www.savesfbay.org.

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01/17: Birds at Stafford Lake This reservoir on upper Novato Creek is a great place to see a variety of winter birds. This walk is for adults. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 893-9527 on the morning of the walk for info. 10am. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. www.marincountyparks.org.

Community Events (Misc.) 01/12: Anne Zimmerman: Writing WellSeasoned Prose Sharpen your food writing skills in a course taught by Anne Zimmerman, food writer and biographer of M.F.K. Fisher. Delicious treats provided as writing prompts. 1pm. $55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/12: Rose Pruning and Bare Root PlantingRosarian and Master Gardener Lenore Ruckman gives a talk and demonstartion. 9-10am. $5. Greenhouse at Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Avenue, San Rafael. 473-4204. 01/12: San Domenico Open House Check in will be in Hall of the Arts building music conservatory and gym. There will be a brief welcome at 10am, and presentations start at 10:30am. Free. 1500 Butterfield Road , San Anselmo. 258-1905. www.sandomenico.org.

01/12: Falling in Love with Nature with Dr. Scott Sampson An evening of silence, inspiration, and conversation with paleontologist Scott Sampson, PhD (‘Dr. Scott’ on the PBS KIDS series Dinosaur Train). Presented by Green Sangha 7pm. Free to members, $25 to the public, includes 1-year membership. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 510-532-6574. www.greensangha.org. 01/12: Run of the Salmon Years later and many millions of dollars invested, the endangered Chinook population is not recovering in ways hoped. What have scientists recently discovered? Is it something in the water? Find out more from Ranger Linda. 1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc. 01/12: Start Your own Business Non-profit organization offering training, onsite business incubation, an entrepreneurship cooperative work space and a commercial kitchen/cafe. 10am. Free. Renaissance Marin, 1115 Third St., San Rafael. 415-755-1115. www.rencentermarin. org. 01/13: Beginning Birding Winter birding in the Marin Headlands offers birds from near and far. Explore the trail around Rodeo Lagoon with docent Jane Haley to discover which birds spend the winter in our mild climate. Meet at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center. Bring binoculars, field guides. For ages 8 and up; no pets. Limited to 15 people. Rain cancels. For reservations, please call . Marin Headlands, 948 Fort Barry, Mill Valley. 331-1540. www.parksconservancy.org. 01/13: Contra Dance Live Music by The Crabapples. Calling by Lynn Ackerson. Beginners welcome. afPlease arrive one half hour early for free dance lesson. 7:30pm. $12. Masonic Hall, 1010 Lootens Place , San Rafael . www.nbcds.org/. 01/14: Melting Icebergs Three local groups will co-host a moderated dialog with Dr Peter Joseph, Kiki La Porta and others about global warming issues. Co-sponsored by Progressive Democrats of Marin, Democracy for America-Marin and the 10th Assembly District Democratic Club. Meeting will discuss tactics and strategies to push this issue to the forefront. Meeting is free and wheelchair accessible. 7pm. Town Center, 770 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera. 707-393-1048. www.dfa-marin. 01/16: Marin Scuba Club Award-winning wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum will present his latest adventures with big animals, above and below the water. 7:30pm. $3-5. Cabo 24 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17, 2013

Marin filmmaker Nancy Kelly’s latest, ‘Rebels With A Cause,’ celebrates the visionaries who helped save and establish the Point Reyes National Seashore. Wabo room at Saylor’s Restaurant, 2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito. www.marinscuba.org.

01/16: REI Avalanche Awareness Class Whether you ski, snowshoe or snowmobile in the backcountry, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. In this workshop owner of Mountain Adventure Seminars, Aaron Johnson will introduce and explain where and why avalanches occur, and will provide a basic approach to managing risk in the backcountry. 7-8:30pm. Town Center Community Room, second Floor, 770 Tamalpais Dr. ,Corte Madera. 927-1938. www.rei.com.

01/17: Cooking Jewish: Baking and Braiding Challah Bread With Chana Scop. $20. Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8080. www.marinjcc.org.

01/17: Rea Franjetic: Argentina and Brazil From soprhisticated Buenos Aires and Rio to vast Patagonia and wet and wild Pantanal and Ibera. Learn about the lesser known attractions in each country and the ways you can weave them together in a journey. 6:30pm. $25. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/17: Mammals of Marin at McNears Stay warm and cozy inside the McNears Beach snack bar and learn about the mammals of Marin. Chief Park Ranger Rob Ruiz will discuss the habits and identifying characteristics of our warm blooded neighbors–from shrews to mountain lions. Hot chocolate and snacks will be served. 6-7:30pm. Meet at the snack bar in McNears Beach Park. McNear’s Beach County Park, 201 Cantera Way , San Rafael. 4996387. www.marincountyparks.org 01/18: Book Passage Wine Tasting Come and celebrate the new year with some new wines to taste. Enjoy tasting, a glass, paired treats and oenophile company. 5pm. $12. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

Through 01/13: Marin on Ice Skating Rink Marin’s only holiday ice skating rink. “Skate Buddies” on hand to assist beginners. Skating hours are noon–10 pm on weekends and holidays and 2–10 pm on weekdays. $15, includes skate rental. Northgate Mall, Northgate Dr. and Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael. (707) 738-8496. www.marinonice.com.

Talks/Readings 01/11 Jojo Moyes Moyes reads from “Me Before You.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/12: James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell N.Y. Times bestselling author collaborates with award-winning novelist to create historical mystery “The Blood Gospel.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/12: Linda Watanabe McFerrin Join Linda and the Left Coast Writers for an evening of love stories to help set the mood for Valentine’s Day.. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/12: Siobhan MacDermott Chief policy officer of AVG Technologies N.R., talks about “Wide Open Privacy: Strategies for the Digital Life.” 4pm. Free. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/13: Paul Landes Landes reads from “Wings to Redemption.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/13: Author Triple Feature An afternoon of music, refreshments and live readings. With Carol Newman(“Radical Feminist in a Topless Band”), Cynthia Greenberg (“Burmese Jade: A Novel”) and Nicola Trwst (“Belvedere Club”). 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/13: Mary Ann Halpin “Fearless Women, Visions of a New World” is the latest in photographer Mary Ann Halpin’s Fearless Women book series.. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/14: Dr. Dan Seigel: Mindsight and Parenting, Nurturing the Developing Mind Explore the power of mindfulness to help children focus, battle stress and control negative emotions. Learn about guidelines based on recent brain research to help parents with the challenges of raising happy and resilient children. 7-9pm. Free. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia, Larkspur. 413-9048. www.larktheater.net

01/14: David Lewis and Ellie Rilla The authors present “M.B. Boissevain Marin’s First Farm Advisor: Historical Photographs of Marin’s Agrarian Roots.” Boissevain began service in the 1920s as Marin’s first UC Farm Advisor. His images offer a look at the pioneer farm life of Marin. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/15: Christine Bronstein A Band of Wives founder and contributors read from “Nothing But The Truth So Help Me God: 51 Women Reveal The Power of Positive Female Connection.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/16: Luis Jaramillo Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Contest, Jaramillo reads from his novel, “The Doctor’s Wife.” 6pm. Free. Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F. 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. 01/16: Susanna Sonnenberg Sonnenberg presents “She Matters: A Life in Friendships.” Portraits meant to inspire readers to consider the complexities of their own relationships. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/17: An Evening of Middle Eastern Poetry Poets and co-editors Deema Shehabi and Beau Beausoleil will read from their new anthology “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Bagdad’s ‘Street of the Booksellers.” 7:30pm. Marin Poetry Center, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave. , San Rafael. www.marinpoetrycenter.org. 01/17: Norman Fischer In Fischer’s new book, “Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong,” he applies Zen wisdom to the 59 slogans of lojong.. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/18: Narada Michael Walden In “Whitney Houston: The Voice, the Music, the Inspiration,” producer Walden shares his intimate stories of their time together, drawing a portrait of a smart, funny, compassionate woman unafraid to be herself. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.<


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If looking for a mate, Saturn will suggest a practical approach rather than a romantic one. GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) An abundance of down-to-earth energy on Thursday and Friday may cause you to resent the responsibilities that fall on your shoulders. Some of the problem, of course, is the lengthy influence on Jupiter, the party planet, on your sign. Right now, to borrow from Cyndi Lauper, “Geminis just want to have fun...” It’s especially noticeable this month as adventurous Mars urges you to be daring, get out and explore. Stow the phone and discover new places the old-fashioned way—by walking down the street... CANCER (June 21 - July 21) Five celestial bodies in your opposite sign Thursday and Friday can feel a bit daunting. You’re best doing things that pamper and soothe rather than taking on too many physical challenges. Given a choice between the couch and the treadmill, choose the couch. On the other hand, your week looks good for love and romance. You could feel a spark of electricity that leads to a passionate encounter. If you’re feeling shy, get over it. Now. LEO (July 22 - Aug. 22) The holidays are over and it is time to get back to work. Lucky for you, your job environment is quite pleasant this week. You connect easily with business associates and you impress everyone with your creativity. Meanwhile, you and your sweetie continue to blaze with heated passion. Working so hard that you don’t have enough energy left to enjoy your love life? Not recommended. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 21) Your ruler (clever Mercury) continues to provide creative goals for you to pursue in 2013. If you can’t get started on them this week, at least you should make a list. If you’ve had any issues with siblings, you may get immersed in a family drama over the weekend. Stay realistic and you’ll be the voice of authority. As for your career, lucky Jupiter has big plans for you. A little more optimism is all you need... LIBRA (Sept. 22 - Oct. 22) The influence of unpredictable Uranus is strong right now. Whatever plans you make, you must remain flexible. Your love life could also be rather volatile over the weekend when excitability takes over your common sense. If you think you’ve found love at first sight, you might want to get a second opinion from a trusted friend. Wednesday is the bottom of your lunar cycle and your energy level is low. Reschedule your boxing class. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - November 21) Be careful how you express yourself on the job. One of your co-workers could have a sharp reaction to something you say, resulting in a verbal explosion between you. Monday and Tuesday are your best days for making romantic and creative overtures. Whether you’re trying to get a record deal or impress an attractive stranger, you know just what to say and how to say it. Remarkable, yes? SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - Dec. 20) Stay away from stores carring high-ticket items Thursday and Friday when you lack willpower over spending. Buy those Bentley Zai Zaiira skis now and you won’t be able to afford traveling to the Swiss Alps to use them. Meanwhile, if you and your sweetie have hit a dry spell, share your true feelings Saturday night. A little clarity may be all that is needed to re-ignite your romance. Then, after you return the skis, you can both leave for a tropical beach getaway. CAPRICORN (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18) A week with a new moon in your sign is an auspicious occurrence. Friday is your day to send out your birthday wishes to the universe. Don’t hold back. Your imagination sets the limits, so shoot for the stars. As for the remainder of the week, charming Venus and witty Mercury bestow you with grace, eloquence and impressive flirtation skills. If you aren’t having a good time, you might need to add some Bailey’s to your latte... AQUARIUS (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17) The gathering of planets in your imagination house brings vivid dreams—both during the day and night time. The problem lies in the fact that reckless Mars is in your sign and being even a little absentminded can cause problems if you are operating power tools or heavy machinery. So, for this week, stick to non-mechanized activities—like strolling through a park or watching a movie. It’s safer that way... PISCES (Feb. 18 - March 19) Many of you prefer acquiring knowledge via osmosis. Once you encounter a subject that interests you, you learn by using your intuition. Most people have defined boundaries, but Pisces is fluid and able to absorb information by simply tuning into whatever truths are evident. Now, you are able to also use conventional means of educating yourself. You can take a class or (gasp) read the manual of your latest digital gizmo: 2013—the year Pisces goes back to school... 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business as TIBURON MASSAGE, 2477 SPANISH TRAIL RD., TIBURON, CA 94920: MARGARET A LEVINE, 2477 SPANISH TRAIL RD., TIBURON, CA 94920. 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 DECEMBER 21, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130982 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GRANT AVENUE PARTNERS, 736 SUN LANE, NOVATO, CA 94947: PATRICIA W. BENNETT (TRUSTEE OF THE BENNETT 1999 FAMILY TRUST), 736 SUN LANE, NOVATO, CA 94947; MICHAEL DIGIORGIO, 415 KARLA CT., NOVATO, CA 94949; ALLISON VAN NOLAND, 1 W. BROOKE DR., NOVATO, CA 94947; DAWN GILBERT, 12 W. 72ND ST. #24, NEW YORK, NY 10023; JOSH GILBERT, 6768 NW 107TH TERRACE, PARKLANT, FL 33076; GORDONNA DIGIORGIO, 415 KARLA CT., NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 DECEMBER 17, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 21, 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130994 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as NEWFANGLED PRODUCTS, 110 LOCH LOMOND DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DAVID M. LEITCH, 110 LOCH LOMOND DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 17, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 18, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130997 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as LE GARAGE, 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY STE 109, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: OLINO INC., 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY STE 109, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 DECEMBER 18, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012130996 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FAST FOOD FRANCAIS, 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY STE 109, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: BOS GROUP INC., 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY STE 109, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 18, 2001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 18, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130977 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PLUS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS PLUS, 4302 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SUITE 300B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MEHJAR ESMAILI, 137 LAURELWOOD DR., NOVATO, CA 94949; CLIFFORD HILLMAN, 137 LAURELWOOD DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 1, 2001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 14, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130986 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as HJ FRIEDMAN CO; THE ANTIQUE JEWELER, 775 E. BLITHEDALE AVE. SUITE 110, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: HANK FRIEDMAN, PO BOX 297, MILL VALLEY, CA 94942. 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 DECEMBER 17, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131018 The following individual(s) is (are) doing

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130875 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BENTLY ENTERPRISES, 240 STOCKTON ST. 8TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108: BENTLY PRESSURIZED BEARING COMPANY, 1711 ORBIT WAY, MINDEN, NV 89423. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 29, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012130847 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MICHAEL HEACOCK ARCHITECT INC; MICHAEL HEACOCK ARCHITECTS, 203 E. BLITHEDALE SUITE E, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MICHAEL HEACOCK ARCHITECT INC, 203 E. BLITHEDALE SUITE E, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on NOVEMBER 26, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131004 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as AFFINITY ERICSON, 27 MILBRAE AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: RICHARD H. CHILDERS, 27 MILBRAE AVE., 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 DECEMBER 19, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 19, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131014 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SOYSTERS, 30 WILLOW WAY, TOMALES, CA 94971: VICTORIA HANSON, 30 WILLOW WAY, TOMALES, CA 94971. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 13, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304428 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name(s): KIM SPA, 716 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: DECEMBER 26, 2012. Under File No: 2011126283. Registrant’s


Name(s): XI LIAN RUAN, 3486 DAVIS ST., OAKLAND, CA 94601. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304430 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name(s): SAILPLANE DESIGN; NIFHA, 4 FRIAR TUCK LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: FEBRUARY 8, 2010. Under File No: 123203. Registrant’s Name(s): SV SITUM INC., 4 FRIAR TUCK LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130918 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WHY COMPLY, 200 SO. ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: STACY BEZYACK, 200 SO. ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 5, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131041 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CTG CONSULTING SERVICES, 23 BAYVIEW DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SYLVIA GILL CHILDRENSWEAR COLLECTIONS, 860 EIGHTH ST. #240, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 31028 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CARPE DIEM FAMILY AUTO, 580 IRWIN ST. #7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CARPE DIEM FAMILY AUTO, 580 IRWIN ST. #7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 DECEMBER 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 21, 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131053 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as INFINITE ABUNDANCE, 153 PARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KRISTIN MORRISON, 153 PARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 2, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130992 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CALDERON TRUCKING, 35 ROSS ST. #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALEX CALDERON, 35 ROSS ST. #1, 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 DECEMBER 18, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131045 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ALTERNATIVE MOTHERS GROUP, 40 SALVATORE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949: ALTERNATIVE MOTHERS GROUP, 40 SALVATORE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131112 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as REVIVE RX, 932 ALTURAS WAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARCUS R FILLY, 554 MONTFORD AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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 JANUARY 4, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 13112 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as H. KOCH AND SONS, 15 KOCH ROAD, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MAURICE J. KOCH, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; JOSEPHINE MOSK, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; PAMELA CONNICK, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; SANDRA DEDINA, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; MICHAEL ABEL, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; H. DAVID ABEL, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 1, 1904. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131055 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BRIAN POWELL & ASSOCIATES, 10 H ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BRIAN W. POWELL, 10 H ST., 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 DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013)

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 1205354. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner YVONNE CAMERON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: YVONNE CAMERON to GABRIELLE LEBLANC; BRANDON PIERRE ROSS TO BRANDON PIERRE LEBLANC. 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: FEBRUARY 19, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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 the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: NOVEMBER 30, 2012 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 2013 ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1300025. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOHN HUYNH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOHN HUYNH to ALAN K WONG; QUAN H HUYNH TO JULIE H WONG; BRANNON HUYNH TO BRANDON WONG; BAILEY HUYNH TO BAILEY WONG; BIANCA HUYNH TO BIANCA WONG. 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: MARCH 5, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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 the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: JANUARY 3, 2013 /s/ ROY O CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013)

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I’ve loved my fiancee deeply for her intelligence and beautiful personality since the day we met five years ago. However, I don’t think I was ever really attracted to her. In fact, lately, I’m increasingly repulsed by her. I hate her slouchy, tomboyish walk, and I’m turned off by her unfeminine manners. She constantly has pimples; her breath smells; and her lips are always dry and chapped. I go through the motions with her in bed, but it’s become very unsatisfying. In all fairness, she has a great body, beautiful eyes and a beautiful smile, and I really do love her and feel absolutely horrendous for sounding so superficial. I could never actually cheat on her, but I’ve been having thoughts of it, and that alone makes me feel terrible. —Conflicted

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In any relationship, there’s an inevitable erosion in hot and steamy, but you’re with the wrong woman if your sex face could easily be mistaken for your standing-over-a-septic-leak face. OK, so your fiancee could win inner beauty contests, but beauty on the inside just isn’t enough unless you’ve been reincarnated as an endoscopy camera and sent on safari down her digestive tract. Then it wouldn’t matter that your favorite thing to do in bed is roll over and realize she’s away on business or that your sexual fantasies involve picturing her fully clothed, scribbling out a purchase order for a warehouse of zit cream. Looks are especially important when getting into a long-term relationship (especially the “till death do us part” kind), because if you’re careful crossing the street, you’ll be spending a really long time looking at the person. The ultimate in well-intentioned cruelty is marrying somebody you aren’t attracted to and will come to despise as you find her increasingly physically repellent. You should instead figure out what your “type” is and only get together with someone who fits solidly into it. We all have a type—looks, smell and behavior we’re drawn to. For some people, it spans a broader spectrum of humanity (and in some cases, farm animals). For others, the range is smaller, which is fine, as long as they accept that they’re narrowing their options—and don’t narrow them so far that the only woman they could ever go out with is Jessica Biel. The least hurtful thing you could do now would be to hop a bus back in time and sleep in on the morning you met your girlfriend. Barring an ability to bend the laws of physics, you should break up with her immediately. (Tell her the relationship just isn’t working for you anymore, not the whole ugly truth.) When you love a woman you aren’t also in lust with, you should resolve to love her only as a friend—same as you would some loyal hairy guy you know who’s also “beautiful on the inside.” Nothing comes between the two of you, either—save for the feeling that a roll in the hay with him would pale in eroticism to a roll in a river of cat vomit.

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At a Christmas party, a drunk man made a lewd comment to my wife. When she told me about it afterward, I got angry and told her I wanted to approach him and tell him not to disrespect her. She said that only crazy people do that and that she was sorry she’d even mentioned it. Isn’t demanding that he apologize to her the right thing to do? What man just lets this go?—The Husband

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Historically, men fought duels to defend a woman’s honor when her virginity was called into question. Just wondering: Is there any real worry that people at the Christmas party now suspect your wife has had sex after marriage? Sometimes you make a situation worse by taking action. This would be one of those times. The guy was drunk (which means you may have to remind him of what he said before demanding he apologize for saying it). He’s creeped on your wife only once; he hasn’t started following her around the supermarket, muttering that he’d like to jingle her bell. By chewing him out for what seems to have been a passing drunken incident, you would probably turn it into a lasting incident, creating lasting social discomfort for your wife. And as endearing as it is that you’re raring to go all Sir Lancelot on the guy, by showing your wife you can’t hold back, you’d likely cause her to hold back news of anything more emotionally charged than a spilled drink. Save your energy for offenses with a continuing negative effect, like the neighbors who leave their blindingly bright Christmas display up until Easter, making every moment you spend in your living room feel like a year being interrogated by the East German secret police. < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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