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....
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...
The bay area’s natural beauty is front and center in conservation photographer Ian Shive’s new book, The National Parks: Our American Landscape. Shive, whose award-winning photos have been featured in publications like National Geographic and Outside Magazine, spent four years capturing shots of national parks across America, giving extra attention to local favorites such...
If you’ve taken a yoga class in the past year, perhaps you’ve pranayma’ed or bhujangasan’ed to one of Nicholas Giacomini (aka MC Yogi)’s yoga-inspired hip hop CDs. His music videos have attracted over a million views and his debut CD Elephant Power has been in the top 20 world music albums on iTunes for...
We braved the coastal fog on the Fourth for a quick trip over the hill to Bolinas. Our destination was the Coast Cafe and a plate of fish and chips. Surprisingly, though, the little town that prefers anonymity was full up. Main street was wall-to-wall locals, some bbq-ing off the bed of a pickup...
