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...
Two waterfront legends will be sharing tales of local hippie history on August 26 at the Sausalito Cruising Club. Saul Rouda, producer of the docudrama Last Free Ride, and Joe Tate, star of the movie and leader of the notorious Redlegs pirate band, will share footage from Saul’s films and...
East Pierian Wilford Welch has written a memoir entitled Values & Circumstances That Shaped A Life: A Wild Journey. I wondered how he arrived at that title until I read a few chapters. Maybe it was the time he broke his neck playing polo in Mongolia (see cover photo). Or...
Traditional jazz virtuoso and pioneer resident of Gate 6 ½, Carl Lunsford, died yesterday at the age of 90. Born and raised in Ohio, Carl moved to New York City after college to begin his career in music. Self–taught as a boy, Carl became a mainstay of many great traditional...
Taylor Ray of Liberty Dock is organizing a bike-to-brew ride on Sunday, August 3. Participants will meet at the Van Damme parking lot on Sunday at 3pm for a leisurely ride to the Depot in Mill Valley. Says Taylor, “It’s just a bike ride where we end at a place...
Just over a year ago we reported that Peter Romanowsky, the self-proclaimed pirate chaplin (sic) of San Francisco Bay, who anchored out for six decades, had accepted a housing voucher from the Richardson Bay Regional Agency and moved to an apartment in Larkspur. Recently, Romanowsky told the Marin IJ: “After...
If you love food and dining out, the news can get daunting. Every week there’s an updated list of closing classics: One Market, Fog City, Jeanne d’ Arc, Saylor’s, Marin Joe’s. The Four Riders of the Restaurant Apocalypse rage on: Pandemic Hangover, Insane Insurance, Uncooperative Landlords, and an Uncertain Economy....
Sally Champe of A Dock encourages folks with teaching skills to volunteer for Tamalpais College at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center: Before and during the pandemic I volunteered as an English instructor and tutor at San Quentin’s Mount Tamalpais College. It was the most rewarding volunteer experience I have ever had....