On the Scene

SNAPSHOTS FROM SPECIAL EVENTS IN MARIN AND SAN FRANCISCO EDITED BY DANIEL JEWETT

Ann Lacey, Maxwell Drever and Christie Gazulis

Saul Pena and Todd Garrett

• SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT 2014 The inspiring May 1 evening featured the chance to meet 10,000 Degrees students and alumni while enjoying food, wine and raffles at the Marin Civic Center.

Mike Hughes, Susan Christman, Julian Terkaly and Alicia and Eric Allbin

• ART WORKS DOWNTOWN VIP PREVIEW PARTY Guests at the May 2 preview party at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael got the chance to purchase art and meet AWD artists while enjoying wine and a silent auction.

Jill Zwicky and Lynda Rae Alex Seddio and Judy LeMarr

• PASSPORT TO A CHILD’S FUTURE Cocktails and a silent auction got guests in the mood for an internationally themed dinner at the Marin Advocates for Children benefit event at Peacock Gap Golf Club April 26.

adlib MARIN ADVERTISERS SPEAK UP

Amy Satran and Ray Kristof, owners of Terrestra

Terrestra is a destination resource for all Marin, offering an exceptional selection of handcrafted home accessories, fine leather goods and jewelry. Our shop also features dozens of local designers and brands made in the USA. Customers from Novato to Sausalito tell us daily that they come for the great selection of unique design finds.

Jim Robinson, owner of Rockpave

Rockpave is a permeable paving product that is environmentally friendly, aesthetically beautiful and extremely versatile. As strong as concrete, Rockpave looks like loose, wet gravel, but is bound together with a permeable resin so water flows through it. Rockpave surfacing can be enhanced with glass pebble beads and LED lighting. Easy to install and competitively priced, it is an exciting new alternative to stone, slate, concrete or brick.

How did you discover Rockpave?

I am an avid cyclist and a cycling friend from Australia introduced me to Rockpave. I was immediately impressed with the beauty, versatility and environmentally friendly aspects of the product. As a Marin contractor, I knew this would be an exciting product to bring to market.

What is your permeable product’s competitive edge?

Our binding agent and infiltration rates are far superior to those of other permeable products on the market because Rockpave uses a 100 percent solids, aliphatic resin. This translates to longevity, UV light tolerance, flexibility and the strength of concrete. It leads the industry in infiltration rates.

What is your favorite project to date?

Three come to mind: a rooftop in Melbourne, Australia, that won the Growing Up Green Award in 2010; a backyard patio chess board; and the use of old automobile nuts and bolts mixed in with pebbles at the entrance of the Melbourne Kangan Auto Institute.

What makes you excel at what you do?

Terrestra opened in North Berkeley in 2003 and in San Francisco’s Laurel Village in 2007, so we’ve learned a lot about serving different communities and listening to customers.

What is your competitive edge?

Some shops do a great job with home decor, some with ceramics or jewelry, and some big department stores do it all, but for a small independent to do all these things well is unique.

Which product is your favorite?

We’ve worked for a decade with a family that makes stunning recycled glass dinnerware in Pennsylvania; their commitment to artful design and the environment is always inspiring.

What makes your work worthwhile?

We love working with the artists who make these beautiful things and helping our customers make connections between the objects they use every day and the people who design them.

TERRESTRA, 30 MILLER AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, 415.384.8330, INFO@TERRESTRA.COM, TERRESTRA.COM

Name the best attributes of your product?

Rockpave is an affordable, environmentally friendly product that is beautiful and extremely strong. Also, it is extremely versatile and can be used creatively by incorporating different colored stones, glass beads or other unique decorative items to create stunning garden scape or indoor flooring.

ROCKPAVE, 415.488.5156, ROCKPAVE.COM