As has been written, Muriel was a tennis pro and a sophisticated lady. She was also a down to earth, caring person, with a love of life. Long after Muriel retired from tennis and globetrotting, she drove a school bus for special needs children – for many years. She...
I didn’t really know Muriel Kifer in the early days. I lived at 51 Issaquah and she lived at #2. We did have something in common though; we both lived on Issaquah Dock and were single ladies. I am a soup maker. I inherited this gift from my grandmother and father. When...
Colorful historic figure and longtime floating homes community resident Laurabell Hawbecker was almost 92 when she died. Judyth Greenburgh, close friend of both Laurabell and Bob Kalloch (who died earlier this year), wrote: Our dear friend Laurabell peacefully passed away November 30, 2016 at home with her teddy bear and rabbit in her...
Friends, neighbors and colleagues gathered to remember Bob Kalloch, former and long-time resident of A Dock. The memorial celebration, at Dunphy Park on August 20, was marked by music, personal reminiscences, and food and drink.
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, there will be a life celebration for longtime waterfront resident, activist and historian Bob Kalloch. Bob and his lady Laurabell Hawbecker moved to the Sausalito watefront in the 60s, after they both decided to stop punching timeclocks. They found a dilapidated WWII landing craft hull,...
Hugh G. Lawrence died on April 30 at his home on A Dock at age 89. A fourth generation Northern Californian, Hugh moved to A Dock when it was first built in 1978, in a redwood home he had designed and built on a surplus WWII sand barge. According to his...
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 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...
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...