Based on reportage, letters, and diaries of a young American foreign correspondent broadcasting from Brazil and writing from Amazonia and South American cities from Brasilia to Buenos Aires, 1963-1971, Rio Journal offers an incantatory look at a city and country under a military dictatorship. The 75-minute play is derived from...
Last week we recounted architect Michael Rex’s early days on the Sausalito waterfront. This week he recalls how he created the unique design of South 40 Pier at Waldo Point Harbor, where he eventually settled. These excerpts have been edited for brevity and clarity: When Don Arques owned the property,...
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing architect, activist and historian Michael Rex for a Sausalito Historical Society oral history. Michael moved to Sausalito in the mid-70s. When I asked what brought him here in the first place, his instant reply was: “The water.” Here are some excerpts from that...
Sausalito Historical Society Trustee Rip Hunter and Sausalito Liquor Company Founder Scott Jampol will conduct a journey through 250 years of Sausalito’s Spirit history at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 at the Sausalito Cruising Club. This talk brings to life the colorful characters and cocktail bars that shaped our...
On Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an obituary for influential Sausalitan Annette Rose that reads like a pocket history of the houseboat community. Annette got into politics after being evicted from a condemned construction shack on the Sausalito waterfront in 1984. She served on the City Council and Marin...
We’ve written before about the historic Record Plant studio that flourished here in the 70s. A play that just closed at the Curran Theatre called Stereophonic is loosely based on one of the legends of that storied venue: the tumultuous 1977 Fleetwood Mac sessions that produced the multi-platinum album Rumours...
To mark its 50th anniversary, the Sausalito Historical Society announced the publication of a colorful, updated edition of the seminal Sausalito history book Moments in Time. The book was edited, researched and designed by Wayne Bonnett, who worked with SHS founder Jack Tracy on the original edition published in 1983....
One of the most iconic homes on South Forty Pier is on the market. The Mirene is a beautifully restored, working 64-foot tugboat where writer Stewart Brand (of the Whole Earth Catalog) and his entrepreneur wife Ryan Phelan have lived for 43 years Originally built as a gasoline schooner to...
Forbes Kiddoo, who built concrete barges for the Taj Mahal, the Train Wreck and other houseboats before launching his own private island in 1980, has written a breezy, fun filled autobiography entitled San Francisco Bay of Dreams. The 55-page spiral bound memoir has a forward by Bill Harland, a partner...
Joe Tate and Saul Rouda will provide firsthand accounts of the houseboat wars and other waterfront escapades on Tuesday evening, August 26 at the Sausalito Cruising Club. Here’s a preview of one of the stories these grizzled veterans will tell, about the Marin Sheriff’s attempt to confiscate Joe’s houseboat. The...