On May 31, 2011, President Obama signed H.R. 793, officially naming the U.S. Post office in Inverness, CA as the “Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office.” The bill, passed by the House of Representatives in March, was proposed by Representative Lynn Woolsey (of Petaluma) to honor the memory and sacrifice of the young soldier....
A statewide rebate program to improve energy efficiency is heading to Marin, so take note: With Energy Upgrade California, you’ll have until December 2012 to qualify — by taking steps like sealing ducts, repairing furnaces or getting solar–power systems analysis completed. Already successful in Sacramento and Los Angeles, the program has many experts excited,...
As I was driving up Tiburon Blvd for the fourth time in one day I thought … if I’m wondering what the signs are about, I’m sure others are too. Hence I asked Monica Grant in our office to write up a little blog on the topic. Best of all, she includes ways to...
Check out CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist (his work is also featured in the September issue of Marin Magazine) Prabal Gurung’s blog on Larkspur jewelry designer Ashley Berman’s line Ashley Morgan Designs. What first attracted Prabal’s team to Ashley Morgan Designs is her, “innate ability to communicate a client’s story through use of rare and...
The millions of gallons that have poured into the Gulf of Mexico have devastated the area’s ecosystem and long-term impacts of the spill still aren’t fully known; but to support efforts to rehabilitate the animals effected and help volunteers on the front-lines of the disaster consider shopping for the cause. Jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald...
When I was a kid there was nothing better than heading out to summer camp, sleeping bag and lanyard supplies in hand, to get a little R&R from the tough restrictions of life as a 3rd grader. Just because I’ve exceeded most camp age limits doesn’t mean I don’t want to take a break...
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...
When I interviewed Noah and Logan Miller last year for an article I was writing about them in Marin Magazine, they were on the brink of both the release of their first film, “Touching Home,” an autobiographical tale that starred Ed Harris and their first book Either You’re In or You’re In the Way...
Former Marin Magazine intern and assistant stylist Danielle Goodman is making it big in New York and Japan. Currently, working as an assistant for clothing designer Prabal Gurung (you’ve seen his designs on Demi Moore and splashed across the pages of Vogue, Elle, WWD and Bazaar) Goodman is also designing her own line of shirts...
Apothecary. It’s one of those words you don’t hear too often. It sounds sort of medieval. The type of language you’d expect to be followed by herbs, potions and lotions in a conversation. Apparently I’m not far off. San Francisco’s SenSpa (yes, it’s in SF, but only a few minutes over the bridge in...
