Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rapper Tupac Shakur, died recently at Marin General. She was 69. Shakur was aboard one of 4 floating homes she owned on West Pier with a family member and friend when she began experiencing physical discomfort, and...
The recent sale of N°36 East Pier to the Seal Once / New Image Coatings Company took everyone by surprise, not least the former owners Tom Johnson and Jenny Stein. When Tom and Jenny were first approached about selling, Hank Croteau (inventor and developer of Seal Once, Seal Ends Once...
Issy is becoming more stable at the moment but is still too young and ill to eat food on his own. It typically takes 2-4 months for harbor seals to be healthy enough for release given their extremely young age and fragile state. Issy was also born prematurely (identified because...
The Closing Act at the Sausalito Women’s Club THE PERFECT HIGH by Shel Silverstein – Part 1 from Leroy Dong on YouTube – bringing down the house – THE PERFECT HIGH by Shel Silverstein – Part 2 from Leroy Dong on YouTube Jeff Greenwald— who interviewed Larry for a piece he wrote...
Post by Mari Steeno | video by John of Issaquah On Wednesday, March 16, Mark Lawrence and Kimberly Wright were relaxing at their home when they heard the cries of an animal they did not recognize. As they went across the dock to #68 Issaquah, they discovered a distressed young...
Larry Moyer 1924 – 2016 Larry Moyer—Playboy photographer, WWII vet, union organizer, dance teacher, water-dweller, LSD champion, counter-culture icon, world traveler, award-winning director and Shel Silverstein friend—made his final exit last week at ninety-two. Born in Brooklyn during Prohibition, Larry turned on, tuned in, and dropped out, finding a...
East Pier resident Ron Moreland recently attached a GoPro videocam to a drone, and got a jaw-dropping aerial view of our community on a cloudless and windless day. Can you find your home on Above the Sausalito Floating Homes ?
video by Ed Lopez | post by Mari Steeno The Issaquah Holiday Party at the Seahorse was a huge success. The organizers were Julie Durbin, Michele Affronte, Mari Steeno and Jennifer Gennari. The 60 residents and friends that attended were greeted at the door with a glass of champagne. There...
Long-time waterfront resident T.J. Nelsen has written a very personal memoir of Sausalito’s Gate 6 community: Houseboats, Drugs, Government and the 4th Estate. Nelsen discovered the Sausalito waterfront in the early ’60s, and soon moved to Don Arques’ property at Waldo Point, where he worked at various odd jobs. In 1969...