Next weekend, June 26, grab some friends and head down to the 18th annual Oakland Zoo Walk in the Wild event. This adults-only evening features amazing local food and wine from more than 90 vendors around every corner as well as music from Steel Jam and Masterpiece. The evening is a great chance to...
On January 17, 2008 Steve Sears suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Tiburon. Almost immediately a bystander started CPR and kept it up until the Fire Department arrived. That day Sears became one of the lucky survivors of a condition that affects more than 200 people not in hospitals in...
Is it your first time? If so, how would you like your first experience to be broadcast to millions of Americans? Well now you can if that experience entails the purchase of a first home. With prices and interest rates at historic lows, many first timers are taking this opportunity to leap into the...
After a two year hiatus the Marin Designer Showcase is back and better than ever. Today, I had a chance to preview the Showcase, which benefits the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership’s volunteer programs. Thirty-two designers transformed George and Janet Pasha’s 8,000 square-foot Georgian Colonial San Rafael home to support a fantastic Marin...
May 1: Music is happening at the Mill Valley Masonic Hall again as new venue producer, Ged Robertson, makes a go of trying to establish a regular schedule at the venue. His “In the Woods Productions” kicks things off with a benefit for the Richard de Lone Special Housing Project featuring Marin’s own Austin...
More than $21,000 was raised to help protect southern Marin residents from the danger of fire April 3. The Fire and Ice Ball, held at the IDESST Hall in Sausalito, was emceed by Jan Wahl and helped to raise much needed funds for emergency response equipment. The Sausalito Historical Society also presented Southern Marin...
I’ve been wanting to write a story on the realities of homeownership for a long time. With a Home Renovation Guide in Marin Magazine’s April issue to promote, I finally had the opportunity. Besides interviewing a charming couple here in Marin; Now What! and learning how to set up a home maintenance spreadsheet from...
Three years ago we reported on green efforts by Marin schools, highlighting Kentfield School District’s distinction as first in the nation to go solar and a handful of other schools that were moving away from wasteful, unhealthy lunch programs, toxic cleaners and pesticides. Today, sustainable lunch and recycling programs, energy conservation, awareness of chemicals...
In an effort to change the way the public views motorcycle groups and do some good at the same time the Rip City Riders, a group of North Bay motorcycle enthusiasts with a long history of charity work, is holding a raffle for a chance to win a 2010 Harley Davidson. Proceeds benefit Hospice...
