February 2013

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Tastemakers 2013 Where the Chefs Like to Eat

My Generation The Sons & Daughters of Marin’s Rock Elite Pass (on) the bread A Compelling New Study on Gluten Intolerance

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Features 42 8 Questions for Marin’s Tastemakers We asked Marin chefs where they go when they have a night off.

60 [415] Top Doctors Health and wellness information and 573 of the area’s best doctors.

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52 My Generation The sons and daughters of Marin’s rock elite.

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26 In Marin 25 Currents Bridge of lights, Magnolia Avenue, Marin’s most romantic spot, going gluten-free and Republic of Tea. 30 Style Where to get the best winter boots and scarves.

32 Q&A Marin Rowing Association’s new coach is a winner.

36 Conversation John Kostecki wants to keep the America’s Cup Trophy right here.

Destinations 87 Go Discover SoCal’s Cal-a-Vie.

Out & About 101 Calendar A roundup of what to do in Marin and beyond.

112 Dine An insider’s guide to restaurants and food in the Bay Area.

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133 Backstory East Coast charm in a San Rafael Victorian.

COLUMNS 12 View From Marin 14 POV 170 Looking Back

94 Journey Canals, cannabis and culture in Amsterdam.

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for dinner. You know where your friends like to go for dinner. But what foods do Marin’s culinary artists crave when they aren’t cooking your dinner? We start off our features this month by asking 15 Marin tastemakers that very question and show you the results with beautiful photos that will stir your taste buds and soon have you on the phone making reservations. For more, visit our online staff blogs for the fun background

on each chef as well as why they picked the dishes they did. Bon appétit.

Next, we take a different kind of look, into Marin’s rich musical history. You know the names Lesh, Wasserman, Grisman, Johnston, Schon and Santana, but what happens when the sons and daughters of these icons decide to start their own musical careers? We talk to six young musicians who have decided, each in his or her own unique way, to give the music business a try.

We finish our features with the [415] Top Doctors guide for 2013. Inside you’ll find encouraging health studies on mapping cancer, aging eyes, the gluten-free craze and tips on how to save on health care costs, as well as 573 of the area’s best doctors as chosen by their peers. Here’s to a healthy 2013.

Up front we take a look at the 25,000 white LED lights that will come to life on the Bay Bridge this month — watch for them starting March 5. We continue with a look at what you can find along Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur, a Q&A with the coach for the Marin Rowing Association and a conversation with one of the world’s top sailors — a man who hopes to keep the America’s Cup trophy right here in the Bay Area.

In Destinations we introduce you to the pleasures of the destination spa Cal-a-Vie and, for something completely different, take you to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.

It is our hope that you enjoy our February issue. Now it’s time to go make that dinner reservation.

Inside you’ll find encouraging health studies on mapping cancer, aging eyes, the gluten-free craze and tips on how to save on health care costs, as well as 573 of the area’s best doctors as chosen by their peers.

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This month’s cover (and the food feature you’ll see starting on page 42) was photographed by Fairfax resident Claire Bloomberg.

The S.F. Academy of Art graduate developed a love of food while growing up with a French mother and eating three-course dinners every night. “I developed a deep love for cooking, eating, drinking wine and finishing the meal off with a cheese course,” she says.

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Going forward, gun control laws won’t be enough. By Jim Wood

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here is considerable violence

There are too many guns, too many deranged people and too many violent influences already out there for new laws to have any meaningful impact.

in our nation’s DNA. For this reason, it will take more than gun control laws to stop school shootings in America.

Over the weekend, I went to the video games section at Best Buy in San Rafael and talked with employee Aaron Henderson. He said none of the grim-looking video games I was eyeing were that violent. “If you want real violence, go to youtube/mortalkombat/ fatalities,” he said with a slight grin. “It’s disgustingly realistic.”

So I did just that — and it was gruesome.

Blood gushing, heads severed and bodies being bashed, brutalized and sliced up in every imaginable way. In case you’re as naive as I was, video game sales in the United States were $17 billion in 2011, and a landmark Pew Research Center survey says almost every American teen actively plays a video game of some sort.

The next day I saw Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, an R-rated movie playing at several Marin theaters. I knew it was violent and came prepared. At first, it struck me as a great film: fine acting, scenic settings, clever musical interludes and an intriguing story line. Then came the gratuitous gore: pistols fired at close range, blood gushing, hammers bashing skulls and castration with a molten-hot dagger.

San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle hailed Django Unchained as “the most consistently entertaining film of the year,” (although he did write a piece bemoaning the ill effects of screen violence a few days later) while columnist Willie Brown rated it “best movie of the year.” Nationwide, in its first weekend Django Unchained took in more than $30 million in box office sales. Also grossing high was Zero Dark Thirty, a film featuring

brutal torture scenes. Both films have been nominated for an Academy Award.

Add to the above that America is the only industrialized nation in the world that practices capital punishment. Literally, some of our state governments kill people to deter killing.

Similarly, we wage wars to (somehow) create peace. Our Defense Department has an annual budget of more than $700 billion, while our State Department has well under a tenth of that amount to conduct worldwide diplomacy.

Furthermore, in a recent interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, Tom Diaz of the National Violence Policy Center said, “More die every year from guns in America than die from terrorist attacks worldwide.” Diaz went on to say, “While America has spent trillions on two wars, created a massive Department of Homeland Security and impinged on constitutional rights in order to deter terrorism, the country has spent little and made but a trifling effort to control guns — while carefully preserving the constitutional right to bear arms.”

Obviously, as Diaz inferred, our nation’s priorities need realignment.

Along with enacting effective gun control laws, America must somehow change its culture of violence if it hopes to prevent more massacres such as the one in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 26 innocent souls.

There are too many guns, too many deranged people and too many violent influences already out there for new laws to have any meaningful impact.

What can be done? Consider the impact violent movies have on unstable minds, and no longer patronize them; answer with a resounding “no” when children ask to play violent video games; demand that political leaders reduce America’s defense (war) budget and that they favor negotiating over warring; and do everything possible to end America’s barbaric practice of capital punishment, which, by the way, occurs right here in Marin County. In short: Be the change you wish to see in America. That’s all you can do. That’s my point of view. What’s yours?

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This issue of Marin Magazine lists the top doctors in the area in a wide variety of specialties. And we’re proud that so many of our physicians made the cut. Congratulations to all the top docs in this special issue from everyone at Marin General Hospital.

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Your Letters An Academic Gap

I just finished the December issue of Marin Magazine. Thank you for another excellent issue. Tim Porter’s photojournalistic story about Latinas in the Canal (“Niñas No More) is positive and valuable. However, the challenge for Latinos and our society is with the underperformance of Latino males. Latinas have been steadily improving their high school and college graduation rates while Latino males fall further behind. While the gender academic achievement gap among Latinos is not as severe as that for blacks (black females graduate from high school at a rate of two to one over black males), the Latino gap is rapidly approaching this ratio. Our society cannot afford to watch black and Latino males drop out of high school and never attend or graduate from college. Roberto Haro, Larkspur

Chief Talk

In regard to your article about Sausalito’s police chief (Q&A, January 2013), I really don’t care if she is a successful woman in a man’s world, her statement, “I respect everyone’s right to have a gun …” is too much. This attitude is the reason we have Columbine and Sandy Hook. Is she for real? Does she not know that most civilized countries have more stringent gun laws than we have? Look around at what is happening; we are not in the 18th century. Donna Kogan, via email Eds.: Jennifer Tejada, Sausalito’s police chief, completes her quote in our article by saying, “… but we have to balance that with the danger of a gun being in the wrong hands.”

In the late ’90s I was on a panel of Novato citizens tasked with evaluating candidates for a sergeant position on the NPD. It was an extensive and impressive evaluation, including written material and oral interviews. While all the candidates were qualified, one, Jennifer Tejada, was clearly outstanding. From that day forward, as she rose in the ranks, through her last day in the NPD, Novato was blessed to have her service. Our loss was Sausalito’s gain.

Bernie Meyers, Novato

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Bright Lights

In the December issue we showed images of holiday lights (“Light It Up,” page 104– 105) and asked readers to send in some of their own. This photo was submitted

by Sally Carson and her husband Larry Meilak of Novato.

The Iceman Cometh

For an editorial page of a liberal magazine in the most liberal county in the U.S., this was a most daring piece to write (POV, “On Thin Ice,” January 2013). And, I applaud you for it. Just about everything that Bill Lindqvist told you is true, verifiable, and well known to everyone who has followed that issue for some time. Meanwhile, the scientific process has broken down within the climatology community. If businessmen and bankers were treating financial data the way climatologists have fabricated temperature records, they would all be put in jail. Somehow, among climatologists the roles are reversed: The villains who fabricate the data are glorified and given a Nobel Prize while the heroic whistle-blowers are vilified by the entire climatology community. Anyone who questions the climatologists’ lack of scientific rigor is invariably treated as a global warming skeptic or denier. Gaetan Lion, via email m a r i n F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 19

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I was saddened to read your POV column in the January issue of Marin Magazine. While the issue of climate change and man-made greenhouse gases is complex and difficult, is clearly an important issue and this essay has serious flaws that do not help bring clarity. At the very beginning of the interview, within three sentences Lindqvist acknowledges the measurement of CO2 increase, then describes it as “probably not measurable.” A glance at the graphs of CO2 amounts over time shows a clearly measurable and large upward trend. Later he points out that sea level rise has been a steady 2 millimeters per year near San Francisco for the last 155 years, which is correct. But sea level rise is a lagging indicator because sea level rises after the atmosphere warms and ice melts. Lindqvist ignores leading indicators, such as average global temperature (which has been dramatically rising over the last 50 years) and the recently observed anomalous summer melting of the polar ice cap. This is the behavior of someone who chooses evidence that reinforces his preconceptions. Lindqvist’s statements do not give me any confidence at all that his opinions are based on a comprehensive understanding of actual evidence. Steve Bryson, via email I note Jim Wood’s editorial regarding climate change. Upon reading it, my first impulse was to encourage you to inform yourself more deeply on this issue, if for no other reason than that Bay Area governments are taking global warming and sea level rise quite seriously. Without getting into detailed critiques of Lindqvist’s poorly informed arguments, please let me suggest that you do some more research. If you do so, I think you’ll agree that there’s far more to this issue than Mr. Lindqvist has taken into account. Dan Drasin, Greenbrae

I Like It

I just want to thank you for your monthly editorials (POV), both for their breadth of topic (from local issues to worldwide ones like global warming) and for their balanced point of view. I appreciate that you seem to be genuinely interested in and concerned about the topics you address, and that you are sincerely open to learning the facts and changing your

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opinion if you learn something new along the way. In contrast, it’s so frustrating to be surrounded by biased, jaded and financially motivated media at every turn. It’s truly refreshing to read your words and know that you are just looking for ways to make this a better community and a better planet, without all of the excruciating biased rhetoric that only serves to confuse the masses and, as a result, prevent them from finding meaningful solutions to extremely critical problems. Jim Wood, I like your style; keep up the good work.

Christine Paquette, via email

A New Marin

In regard to Jim Wood’s December column (POV) about reorganizing Marin’s government and in the spirit of presenting another “point of view,” why not also present the views of Holocaust and evolution deniers, birthers and those who believe that the moon landing was a hoax? Sometimes there isn’t a rational “other point of view.” John Bremner, via email

When growth happens. the Market grows in short, intense bursts. the goal is to be there when it happens.

Most people know that historically the stock market grows dramatically over time.

What fewer people understand is the nature of that growth. It’s not a smooth curve.

It’s a series of intermittent sharp spikes, virtually impossible to predict.

Here’s a vivid illustration. Between January 1990 and June 2010, there were 5,168 trading days. If you missed the 10 trading days with the highest upside during that period, you would have lost out on nearly half of the market’s gains*. A simple lesson: market timing is a high-stakes gamble, not a disciplined investment strategy.

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*Source: Morningstar, Inc. Market: Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

Roadside Litter

Jim Wood’s column “Talking Weeds and Trash” (POV, July 2012) has been sitting on my desk for some time now and I am only just getting around to commenting on your remarks. I, too, am disgusted by all the trash and litter that I see beside the road.

When traveling in European countries you just do not see this level of litter and trash on the roadways. I have observed that most of the litter comes from two basic sources: Pickup trucks with trash in the back and restaurants that provide takeout food and food containers. I believe that all of the enterprises that provide takeout containers should simply have to pay a small “green” surcharge, which would go into a fund that would pay workers (including Caltrans employees, the unemployed or prisoners) to get these highways and roadways cleaned up.

Theo Gallier, MBA, is the chief investment officer at Private Ocean. He’s helped affluent investors successfully navigate the markets for 25 years.

Tom Greenfield, San Rafael

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he Bay Bridge will soon be transformed from Bay Area workhorse to magnificent light sculpture, as internationally renowned artist Leo Villareal’s vision becomes reality. At the March 5 Bay Lights grand lighting ceremony, 25,000 white energy-efficient LED lights covering the west span of the bridge will finally be activated (installation began in September). The ever-changing light sculpture, on view through 2015, is Villareal’s largest yet, at 1.5 miles wide and 500 feet high. Privately funded, the fine art experience is expected to play to an audience of some 50 million people in the Bay Area, generating a projected $97 million in tourism revenue for the local economy. thebaylights.org

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Gallery Bergelli

Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur

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Head-to-toe, day-tonight, mix-and-match boutique for the Marin woman who has kid duty in the morning and Picco reservations in the evening. In-house stylist. In business 26 years. 499 Magnolia, 415.927.0226

Contemporary painting and sculpture not available elsewhere.

Emphasis on visually exciting work from its own group of artists, some international, like Alberto Ludwig (shown above), and others made in Marin. 483 Magnolia, bergelli.com

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Embodies This eco-boutique, now in its seventh year, purveys women’s and men’s clothing and accessories made from organic and sustainable material, as well as owner Kenlynn Wilson’s own One of Collection knitwear handcrafted from wool, cashmere and silk. 1127 Magnolia, embodies.com, oneofcollection.com

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Keeping Marin women well-shod for more than eight years. 1102 Magnolia, item-shoes.com

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by Mill Valley resident Steve Wilson for two decades. Much of Marin rides on wheels bought here. Hottest bikes are 29-inchers, big-rimmed off-roaders that, as Wilson says, roll right over “ruts, rocks and roots.” 1111 Magnolia, villagepeddler.com

What Poppy Wants

What Poppy Wants Part costume, part vintage, part funk, part designer, all interesting. Valerie Singer’s treasure chest of clothes and accessories is a browser’s delight, with glitter galore. And who’s Poppy? Singer’s Labrador-Aussie mix.

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Larkspur’s main drag has two commercial sections divided by a residential stretch. Each is rife with not only good shopping, but also great wanderings dining. On North Magnolia, near Kentfield, are Rustic Bakery, Table Cafe, and R’Noh Thai; South Magnolia, on the Corte Madera side, is home to Picco, Cafe Rulli and Left Bank. Tim Porter

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Reading List An Island in Time: 50 Years of Point Reyes National Seashore by John Hart, Lighthouse Press, $29.95. A beautiful softcover book featuring informative and insightful text, as well as color and blackand-white photos. After reading it, you’ll want to personally experience what this beautiful place has to offer. Sold at Marin bookstores only.

Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott, Riverhead Press, $17.95.

Great little book at only 102 pages.

Funny and insightful; also comforting and instructive. Makes you laugh and think at the same time, as only Lamott can do. Makes a thoughtful gift.

One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road by Gerald Nicosia, Viva Editions, $16.95.

Without Lu Anne Henderson, maintains this Corte Madera author, Jack Kerouac might never have written On the Road. Based in the Bay Area, the account features rare photos and interviews with those who know what transpired.

Beyond Bitterroot: A Novel

by Barbara Davies Hubbard, Ashlar Press, $15.95. The story involves a couple’s marriage in 1930s San Francisco and includes a speakeasy, fistfights, Montana mountains and fascinating train rides. The Sausalito author has realized a lifelong ambition in creating this gripping tale.

Tyler Florence Fresh by Tyler Florence, Clarkson Potter, $35.

Making his point with sexy photos and text, Mill Valley’s Florence says cooking with food from a farmers’ market is easier than you think. Bean salad with smoked trout is one case in point; buttermilk poached lobster with sweet peas, rutabaga and marigold curry is another. And there are dozens more. Jim Wood m a r i n F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 27

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“The Marin Headlands.”

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Here are a few more Marin bakeries offering tasty gluten-free treats. Did we miss yours? Let us know.

Nothing Bundt Cakes This national company with an outlet in Corte Madera just debuted its first gluten-free treat. The Chocolate Chip Bundtlet is baked with Smart Flour Foods gluten-free flour and topped with a signature velvety cream cheese frosting. nothing bundtcakes.com

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Arizmendi Located in the heart of downtown San Rafael, Arizmendi offers pumpkin praline muffins and carrot muffins and ricciarelli (almond cookies) made with blanched almond meal. All are available daily. fourthstreet.arizmendi.com

Do you have a gluten-free valentine this year? Try Klappcakes. San Anselmo resident and aspiring baker Jimmy Klapperich decided his eponymous almond cake treats, Klappcakes, were so good he should market them. And to make sure everyone could try one, he created both a gluten-free and a traditional version. The response from both camps has been very positive: “Most people can’t tell the difference,” he says. The cakes are sold at Good Earth Natural Foods in Fairfax, United Market in San Rafael, Real Food Co. in San Francisco and online. klappcakes.com SOPHIE SHULMAN

Teacake Bake Shop This Corte Madera Town Center bakery tweaks traditional recipes to make vanilla almond cake, candy bar cake and chocolate cookies with no gluten involved. teacakebakeshop.com Rustic Bakery The bakery’s fresh mixed-berry scones, made with blueberries and blackberries but no gluten, are available in both its Larkspur and Novato locations. rusticbakery.com

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Dream Boot from Freda Salvador, $525, at Freda Salvador (San Francisco).

Avant Toi Scarf in Peony, $850, at Wilkes Bashford (San Francisco), 415.986.4380.

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Staying under your cozy comforter all day is the ideal way to beat the February chill. But if avoiding the outdoors isn’t an option, pulling on a pair of chic boots is a close second. Add a stylish scarf and you’re out the door. These local shops have everything you need to brave the chill. CALIN VAN PARIS

5050 Boot from Stuart Weitzman, $595, at Nordstrom (Corte Madera), 415.927.1690.

Silk Dupatta Scarf from Matta NY, $189, at Koze (Tiburon), 415.435.1916.

Ellis Stacked Heel Boot from Loeffler Randall, $495, at Showroom (Mill Valley), 415.381.8801.

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12 questions for

Dustin Kraus This month things are ramping up at the Marin Rowing Association.

Another day of practice has been added and the 140 rowers and coaches and parents of rowers are preparing for the spring racing Men’s Varsity season. Founded in 1968 for the Redwood High School Coach crew and an alumni group called Cardiac 8+, the club is now Greenbrae a nationally recognized boathouse producing champion rowers. When the Sacramento-born rower Dustin Kraus stepped into the role of coach for the men’s varsity team at the club this year, a lot was expected of him. And Kraus didn’t disappoint — turning in a winning 2012 season and an impressive showing at last fall’s Head of the Charles regatta.

In addition to his novice A, B, C and freshman boats enjoying undefeated seasons, his varsity crew of eight not only defended their two-time champion position, but also were able to pull off another first-place finish a full 30 seconds ahead of the next-fastest boat. MIMI TOWLE Why Marin? I moved here because of my job. I’ve been in Greenbrae for about a year.

What does it take to win the Head of the Charles? As a coach, getting the guys well prepared and keeping the rowers calm on race day. As a rower, teamwork and showing up with intention. As a coxswain, excellent navigating and keeping the guys focused.

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Whom does the sport of rowing attract?

Kids trying to find a sport they can be really good at by working hard. Some sports require natural skills, but with rowing, you can be as good as you want to be.

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Are there different personalities for the different seats? Yes, and part of the fun for a coach is figuring which personalities fit best in each seat.

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What did you say right before the race?

I like to keep things simple. Starting in front is a huge advantage, and they knew they were the target. My job is to keep them controlled and smart. I don’t remember what I said.

Probably something like, “Relax, stay focused, stay in control.”

How do you motivate these kids? Their success is largely due to the nature of the program. The culture at Marin Rowing sets a high bar of expectations, which creates a sense of purpose in day-to-day practices, and it makes the coach’s life much easier.

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How did you get into rowing? One of my friends in high school suggested I start.

I didn’t really want to, but I tried it. At first I thought it was weird; it took awhile, but I really liked it once I got better at it.

What made you want to be a coach? I really enjoy watching the progression of athletes and the learning process. I’m also pretty competitive.

How many hours a day do your athletes train? On average, 3 to 3.5 hours a day.

Do you have any really good blister remedies? Keep them clean. After practices use Neosporin and keep them bandaged.

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Favorite lunch spot? Michael’s Sourdough in San Rafael; I love their salami sandwich.

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t was the most expensive book he’s ever bought,” says Pam Rubin of her husband Ron’s purchase of the paperback The Republic of Tea. Ron, a bottled-water distributor at the time, was reading a business book a week, and this one inspired him to buy the company of the same name. PHILOSOPHY The Novato-based company offers a variety of certified gluten-free (no barley malt or gluten-grainbased flavors) organic decaffeinated and regular teas. The company’s conviction that tea is an essential element of healthy living is conveyed on its labels. For example, the organic red rooibos in “Get Probiotic” are said to balance the digestive system, while the organic green rooibos and ramon nuts in “Get Restored” may help detoxify and balance sodium and potassium levels after a workout. CLASSIC SELLERS The Be Well Red teas, with names such as “get gorgeous,” “get happy” and “get soothed.” THE SCOOP Teas are sold locally at Whole Foods, Cost Plus World Market and Mollie Stone’s. Bulk specials, such as one-pound bags of full-leaf loose teas and 250-count tea bags, can be ordered on The Republic of Tea’s website. BEYOND MARIN The Republic of Tea is dedicated to fostering goodwill and social responsibility. For example, a portion of sales from the Sip for the Cure tea line is donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation, and The Republic of Tea has donated more than $80,000 to Sunny Hills Services in San Anselmo. WHAT THEY SAY “We are proud to call Marin home while enriching our citizens’ lives through premium teas, education and innovation,” says the Rubins’ son Todd. republicoftea.com SOPHIE SHULMAN

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John Kostecki

Kostecki at Oracle Team USA’s headquarters at Pier 80 in San Francisco.

One of the world’s top sailors works to keep the America’s Cup trophy in the Bay Area.

By Stephanie Martin Photos by Tim Porter

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ohn Kostecki is very happy to be home. Part of the successful team that won the 33rd America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain, in 2010, he was proud to bring the famed trophy back to the United States after an almost 20-year absence. And that win became even sweeter once his San Francisco Bay home waters were selected as the battleground for the 34th running of the race.

One of the most decorated sailors in history, the native Marinite is the first person

to have won all the top contests of his chosen sport — namely an America’s Cup, the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race and an Olympic medal. Raised in San Rafael and a graduate of Novato High School, the twotime Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and recent National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee won his first world title in the Sunfish class in the shadows of the jets landing at San Francisco International Airport. Now a professional athlete competing around the globe for Oracle Team USA, the American team owned by

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billionaire Larry Ellison, the 48-year-old is looking to add back-to-back America’s Cup wins to his already impressive sailing resume.

With the Cup just around the corner, Kostecki divides his time between his home in Nevada and a Sleepy Hollow vacation home he shares with his wife and children.

When you are going upwind in 20 knots of breeze at 20 knots of boat speed, it can be hard to even communicate to your teammates under sail.

Describe what it feels like to sail on an AC72 wing-sailed catamaran. They are incredibly powerful boats that accelerate so fast. It’s a pretty cool experience. It may seem strange, but because the apparent wind speed is huge, you can really feel the wind hitting your face. When you are going upwind in 20 knots of breeze at 20 knots of boat speed, it can be hard to even communicate to your teammates under sail.

You are about to sail your sixth America’s Cup. Compare the classic International America’s Cup Class (IACC) boats to the next generation of AC boats, the wing-sailed catamarans. The biggest difference is in the speed and acceleration. The Version 5 IACC boats could go upwind at 10 knots, while these cats can go about 20 knots upwind. With tacking, our bottom speeds are sometimes around 10 knots, which is just mind-boggling to me.

Everything happens a lot quicker now.

How does this change your role as tactician? There are a lot of things that have changed, but as a tactician, I still have to figure out the fastest track around the course. That’s what I’m always doing, looking out and forward to find those open lanes. So the biggest change has been how the speed of the boat and the cost of the maneuvers come into the decision-making m a r i n F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 37

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process. Decisions have to be made that much faster, and you have to decide if it’s really worth it to pay the price of making a maneuver that will slow you down. Everything happens very fast, but it’s now my new norm. Just like with anything else, you adjust.

Will any of your job duties change on the new boats? While I’m the tactician on both boats [the AC72 and AC45], my other jobs are a fair amount different on the two boats. On the 72, we have grinding pedestals [special equipment for trimming a sail], so if you aren’t trimming the wing or headsail or driving, you are grinding. So I will grind and do my tactician job. On the 45 it is much more about pulling ropes, so I was furling the gennaker [one of the boat’s soft sails] downwind and doing the boards. I had a lot to do on that boat with just five sailors on board.

Has your training changed now that you’re switching from the AC45 to the AC72? The America’s Cup races will be much shorter — around 30 minutes — than traditional Cup races of the past, so we’ve been focusing on highly aerobic workouts to match the onthe-water experience. As we prepare for the AC72, we’ve reconfigured our gym to reassemble the layout of the boat and the jobs we do. We’re in the process of building a simulated cockpit, so one of my new workouts will see me shuttling back and forth from inside the cockpit to grinder and back again. And to take it a step further and test me in my role

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as tactician, we’re going to simulate decisionmaking under these conditions as well. Our trainer is going to throw questions at me, like math problems, while my heart rate is at a sustained 180 because I will need to both grind and be thinking on my feet at the same time. I’ll be doing much more grinding in this Cup than in the past.

One of the most exciting additions to Cup racing is the reaching start, which has produced many a pileup at the first turning mark. Why the change from the traditional starting procedure? When we first launched the 45s in Auckland, we tested a bunch of different types of starts. We wanted something exciting, and we found that both upwind and downwind starts resulted in a clear winner each time. It wasn’t exciting to watch. So we experimented with the reaching starts [boats sail across the wind and reach the starting line mostly together and with speed], where we found everyone was able to get to the mark at about the same time. It’s comparable to other sports’ starts, like motocross, horse racing or NASCAR, where everyone starts behind a line, so it’s easier to understand.

This is a huge step forward for our sport.

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This Cup has introduced a youth event that will see some of the world’s top young sailors compete in the AC45s. Any surprises you’ve seen during their training? I don’t think many of these sailors were prepared for just how physical the AC45 really is. No matter if you are in your 20s or one of the older America’s Cup sailors like myself, you have to learn how to keep pace with a very demanding boat.

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I’ve also mountain-biked for close to 30 years on Mount Tam. One of my favorite rides is the Fairfax Turkey Ride that I do every Thanksgiving I’m in town. It was amazing this year, held just after a bunch of storms, and the course was just mud. It was one of the hardest rides I’ve done, like riding through sand the whole time. I ate a lot after that ride.

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8Tastemakers questions FOR MARIN’S

We asked Marin chefs where they like to go when they have a night off.

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Who knows good eats better than a chef? After all, it’s his or her job to stay current on restaurant-goers’ tastes and whims. With that in mind, we contacted the men and women behind the county’s most popular restaurants to find out where they like to take their dates or families, gorge on comfort food, enjoy a cocktail or just celebrate with a dessert. The one rule was that they could only recommend their own restaurant once. We enjoyed getting to know them outside the kitchen, hearing their insightful dining tips and learning that chefs — maybe not unsurprisingly — don’t always follow the rules.

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Meet the Tastemakers CC = Christian Caiazzo started his career at age 14 as a grill cook at a local country club in Connecticut and is now living on the other side of the continent in West Marin as owner and executive chef of Osteria Stellina, a one-room dining place showcasing locally sourced Marin produce and meats in Point Reyes Station.

SH = Sol Hernandez, owner of Sol Food in San Rafael, is a great cook, but she tips her hat (as do throngs of Bay Area customers) to the cooks in her kitchen. Where else is there a line out the door any time of day or night without the promise of an alcoholic beverage?

PS = Peter Schumacher, who worked for more than 10 years in kitchens in New York and Europe, is the face of the Mill Valley haunts Buckeye Roadhouse and Bungalow 44, where he is owner and general manager. For this story, San Francisco–based executive chef Robert Price let Schumacher handle the Marin questions.

MC = Massimo Covello loved working with the Petroni family at Piazza D’Angelo in his first head chef position. In his relatively new and much-celebrated role as executive chef at Servino Ristorante in Tiburon, he’s made that popular waterfront spot a new destination for foodies.

HK = Heidi Krahling, executive chef and owner of Insalata’s and partner at Marinitas, both recipients of the Michelin 2013 Bib Gourmand award, has been serving Marin-sourced cuisine in San Anselmo since 1996.

OS = Olivier Souvestre opened the überpopular Le Garage as its executive chef in 2008 with business partner and fellow Frenchman Bruno Denis. The Sausalito waterfront bistro has earned many awards, including a nod for a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2013.

= Justin Everett, an awardwinning chef from Napa Valley, was handpicked by the man he succeeded, Joseph Humphries, to be executive chef of the Michelin star–awarded Murray Circle at Cavallo Point in Sausalito in 2011.

RP = Roland Passot, owner of the Left Bank Brasseries (whose flagship is in Larkspur), has been executive chef of the highly acclaimed La Folie in San Francisco since 1988.

He’s garnered many kudos for his culinary talent, including being dubbed one of “the eight wonders of Bay Area dining”

by Michael Bauer.

JW = Joanne Weir, cookbook author extraordinaire, can be seen on her PBS TV show Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class and in the kitchen as maestra de cocina of the popular Sausalito restaurant Copita, which she co-owns with restaurateur Larry Mindel.

SaH = Sammy Hagar, part owner with chef Tyler Florence of El Paseo in Mill Valley, boasts a successful restaurateur track record that includes Sammy’s Beach Bar and Grill and his still-very-popular eatery Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas.

JR = Jared Rogers is in his fourth year as chef of the highly acclaimed Picco restaurant in Larkspur. Rogers met owner and chef/restaurateur Bruce Hill as a student at the California Culinary Academy and worked for him at Bix in San Francisco before becoming a member of the opening staff at Picco and eventually chef.

SW = Scott Whitman is executive chef of longtime Michelin darling Sushi Ran in Sausalito.

Prior to creating unique Japanese fare, Whitman worked at a few recognizable spots in San Francisco such as Masa’s, Stars, Campton Place, Casa Madrona, Kuleto’s, Bix and Tra Vigne.

ScH = Scott Howard is the cofounder and partner of Brick & Bottle (on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list) and has made his way around the Bay Area starting with the very successful Fork in San Anselmo, moving on to the now-closed Scott Howard restaurant in San Francisco and recently serving as a consulting chef at Five in Berkeley.

TS = Todd Shoberg, a former mountain-bike racer and now a fixture at the Marin farmers’ markets, is executive chef at Piatti in Mill Valley and culinary director for the entire Piatti Restaurant group.

AW = Aaron Wright is executive chef of the popular The Tavern at Lark Creek (formerly Lark Creek Inn). His resume reflects highlights of his experience in Pacific Rim culinary establishments in Seattle and Hawaii, and he has been featured on radio and on TV’s Food Network.

✽ See picks from these culinary tastemakers on the following pages in each of the eight categories (identified by initials shown here).

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Bar Dining Marinitas in San Anselmo is a popular place to dine at the bar while you enjoy quick access to the next cocktail, camaraderie with fellow patrons and a great view of the game.

CC: Sliders, olives and baked goat cheese, Terrapin Crossroads MC: Frantoio in Mill Valley JE: Bar Bocce in Sausalito SaH: Sushi Ran in Sausalito ScH: Brisket at the bar, Buckeye Roadhouse in Mill Valley SH: Ramen and Manhattan roll, Sushi to Dai For in San Rafael HK: Beef taco, guacamole, warm chips and a margarita, Marinitas, San Anselmo JR: Cavallo Point TS: Pizzeria Picco in Larkspur, Joe’s Taco Lounge in Mill Valley, Terrapin Crossroads and Mill Valley Beerworks PS: Oysters Bingo, chicken wings and the off-menu barbecue rib appetizer, Buckeye Roadhouse OS: Mill Valley Beerworks in Mill Valley JW: Braised lamb tacos at Marinitas SW: Sushi Ran AW: Marinitas

Signature Cocktail For many, a trip to Farley Bar at Cavallo Point in Sausalito means sampling Justin Everett’s award-winning bar food paired with one of the classic cocktails such as a Manhattan. All of this comes to you as you enjoy dining in a one-of-a-kind historical location with views to die for.

CC: Moscow Mule, Nick’s Cove in Marshall MC: Boulevardier, Farley Bar in Sausalito SaH: Sammy’s Shark Bite, Sweetwater Cafe in Mill Valley ScH: The Blueberry, The Silver Peso in Larkspur SH: Limeade with tequila (at home), Sol Food in San Rafael RP: Elysée, Left Bank in Larkspur JR: Manhattan, Farley Bar TS: Farmers’ Market Black Manhattan, Piatti in Mill Valley PS: Anything at Bungalow 44 in Mill Valley OS: Spicy Bloody Mary, Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael JW: The Lorenzo, Copita in Sausalito SW: The Sun Also Rises, Farley Bar AW: Stinson Sour, Bungalow 44 m a r i n F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 45

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Farm-to-table Well known for his advocacy of local purveyors, chef Christian Caiazzo of Osteria Stellina in Point Reyes Station keeps it local with entrees like this local sea bass with Tomales heirloom cauliflower, shallot sauce and golden raisins.

CC: Marin Sun Farms grilled grass-fed meat of your choice served with local potatoes in Point Reyes Station MC: Slowcooked Stemple Creek lamb shank over a bed of Star Route fava beans, Servino in Tiburon JE: The Marin Monday Menu, Picco in Larkspur SaH: Oysters, Nick’s Cove ScH: Bellwether Farms ricotta gnocchi with a Liberty duck confit, Vin Antico in San Rafael SH: Hog Island oysters at the source in Marshall HK: Anything at Picco RP: Whole fish daily special, Fish in Sausalito JR: Any large plate from Osteria Stellina in Point Reyes Station PS: Heirloom tomatoes with Point Reyes cheese at MarchÊ aux Fleurs in Ross; market salad, Sweetwater Cafe OS: The Cheeseburger, Belcampo Meat Company in Larkspur JW: Yellowtail crudo with green strawberries, Poggio in Sausalito AW: The spring vegetable panzanella, bacon, slowcooked farm egg, Meyer lemon citronette, Picco

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Dessert The Braziliana is an always-popular choice at Emporio Rulli in Larkspur — the best place to experience an authentic Europeancafe vibe without leaving Marin. Pair with a classic cappuccino, the best in town.

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CC: Crème brûlée or chocolate mousse, Left Bank MC: Braziliana, Emporio Rulli in Sausalito JE: Chocolate tasting, Murray Circle in Sausalito ScH: Tarte tatin, Le Garage in Sausalito SH: Pineapple bread pudding, Sol Food JR: Apple pie with bourbon ice cream, Buckeye Roadhouse TS: Soft-serve ice cream with extra-virgin olive oil and sea salt, Pizzeria Picco PS: Jamoca Almond Fudge, Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors OS: Key lime pie, Buckeye SW: Mocha almond fudge ice cream, Fairfax Scoop in Fairfax AW: Pastries, Emporio Rulli

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Salad Servino chef Massimo Covello prepares farm fresh salads in Tiburon depending on the season: La Tercera puntarelles and Star Route baby artichoke over a bed of Green Gulch cauliflower and fingerling potato salad. Finished with McEvoy Ranch extra-virgin olive oil and kalamata olives.

CC: Grilled hearts of romaine, Nick’s Cove; potato with blue cheese, onions and bacon, Cowgirl Creamery in Point Reyes Station MC: Puntarelle and local Dungeness crab, Servino JE: Smoked herring salad with potatoes, artichokes and mushrooms, Le Garage SaH: Tableside Caesar, Marin Joe’s in Corte Madera ScH: Panama summer salad, Panama Hotel and Restaurant in San Rafael SH: Fattoush with salmon, Insalata’s in San Anselmo HK: Arugula, burrata and pear salad, Pizzalina in San Anselmo RP: Salad de choux frisée, baby organic kale, apples, pomegranate, La Folie in San Francisco JR: Any farm-fresh salad, Servino TS: Frisée, poached egg, lardons, fried red bliss potatoes, sherry vinaigrette and Maldon salt, Piatti PS: Brussels sprout salad, Pizza Antica in Mill Valley OS: Lobster salad with grilled peaches, butter lettuce, white corn, watermelon radishes and Meyer lemon vinaigrette, Le Garage JW: Radicchio, toasted hazelnuts and gorgonzola, Picco SW: Grilled yari ika squid, wild arugula, shaved baby round carrot, gobo, crispy sunchoke skins, olive oil croutons, chorizo vinaigrette, Sushi Ran

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Romantic Meal Save the ticket to France, and dine on award-winning French cuisine with a view of the bay at Le Garage in Sausalito.

CC: Charcuterie and cheese board, 123 Bolinas in Fairfax MC: La Folie, San Francisco JE: Sushi Ran SaH: RosÊ champagne, veal chop, whipped potatoes, a red burgundy and chocolate cream pie, El Paseo in Mill Valley ScH: Avocado bruschetta and then everything else in the vegetarian section, Picco SH: Counter at Marin Joe’s RP: Rib eye and creamed spinach with a great burgundy, El Paseo TS: Oysters at Marshall Store in Tomales Bay PS: Don Antonio in Tiburon OS: Creekstone Cowboy rib-eye for two, El Paseo JW: Bistecca alla fiorentina and a bottle of barolo, Poggio SW: Duck confit or mussels, Le Garage AW: Popovers, El Paseo m a r i n F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 49

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Take-Out From mofongo and pollo al horno to pink beans with rice and garlic plantains — Sol Hernandez’s Sol Food restaurant is famous for its addictive take-out in San Rafael. Opening soon in Mill Valley.

CC: Crab roll, Fish in Sausalito MC: Puttanesca pizza, Tony Tutto Pizza in Mill Valley JE: Cubano, mofongo (fried plantain-based dish) and coconut water, Sol Food SaH: Burritos and tacos, El Palmar in San Rafael ScH: Anything from Sol Food SH: Salad and pasta, Amici’s in San Rafael HK: Anything from Insalata’s JR: Sausage pizza with egg and eggplant Parmesan, Bar Bocce TS: Acme sourdough, Chinese chicken salad and rice crispy treats, Comforts in San Anselmo PS: Anything from Tommy’s Wok in Sausalito; maduros (plantains), Sol Food OS: Anything from Pizzeria Picco JW: Chinese chicken salad, Comforts SW: Punjabi burritos, Avatar’s in Fairfax AW: Banh mi, Fresh Coffee & Sandwiches in San Rafael

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Appetizer The sea bass, blood orange and pomegranate ceviche has proven to be one of the most popular appetizers at Copita in Sausalito. To go with it, chef Joanne Weir suggests ordering “The Lorenzo,” the off-menu margarita named after her business partner, Larry Mindel.

CC: Devils on Horseback, El Paseo MC: Tonno crudo, Servino; tuna tartare, Picco JE: Oysters, cheese and charcuterie, Hog Island Oyster Farm SaH: Grilled octopus with pork belly and fried egg, Poggio ScH: Crispy Cigars, Insalata’s SH: Vietnamese shaking beef, Sushi Ran HK: Fresh pea shoot dumplings, Harmony in Mill Valley RP: Squash blossoms stuffed with crab, Le Garage JR: Hamachi crudo, El Paseo TS: Padron peppers, Terrapin Crossroads; wagyu sliders, Lincoln Park in San Anselmo PS: Avocado bruschetta, Picco; gorgonzola gnocchi, Bungalow 44 OS: Oysters Bingo, Buckeye Roadhouse JW: Sea bass, blood oranges and pomegranate ceviche, Copita SW: Whole grilled sardine, pickled cauliflower, golden raisin, almond, olive, Poggio AW: Macaroni-and-cheese croquettes, The Tavern at Lark Creek in Larkspur

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The sons and daughters of Marin’s rock elite carve their own path.

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In Marin County and well beyond, the names Santana and Lesh mean something.

What that is, exactly — sixties counterculture, artistic expression, staying power, sheer chops — depends on whom you ask, but in the end they’re bound up with nearly 50 years of pop culture. So what happens when these names pass to the next generation — to the kids trying to find their way in an industry transformed since the days it made their folks famous? That’s just what Salvador Santana, 28, and Grahame and Brian Lesh, ages 26 and 23, are looking to discover. So, too, are fellow Marin products Lara Johnston, Miles Schon, Monroe Grisman and Sara Wasserman, who find themselves following in the footsteps, more or less, of a famous parent — even when they know it won’t be easy.

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don’t hold it against him; he was born at Marin General, spent his early years in the hills of Mill Valley and later lived in San Rafael. He moved to Southern California after high school, for one reason only: to make it in the music biz.

Given his upbringing, you could’ve seen it coming. “Both my folks and all my family members have always encouraged me to play music and be artistic and to be myself,” Santana says.

“My father specifically really wanted me to understand rhythm and tempo, starting at a young age. One of the things he always told me was, ‘No matter what you do as a musician, when you’re playing, if people aren’t dancing, you’re not doing your job.’ ” Santana took that advice to heart and later developed a lively style all his own, drawing from the artists who influenced his father and were often heard on the home stereo — Miles Davis, Al Greene, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix — and reconciling their styles with contemporary hip-hop and spoken word. The result is a sound at least as multifaceted as his father’s, with Santana singing, rapping and playing keyboard across a range of genres — the sort of approach he acknowledges took the elder Santana decades to master. “You have a little bit of everything,” he says. “You don’t leave any stone unturned.”

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Lara Johnston

Daughter of Tom Johnson, guitar and vocals for the Doobie Brothers larajohnston.com Lara Johnston grew up in Novato around a slightly different set of influences than Santana’s, her

dad being the frontman for one of the most popular pop/rock bands of the 1970s. The Doobie Brothers covered a lot of ground, but what Johnston remembers hearing around the house most was the likes of Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke. “That really spoke to me,” says Johnston, now 22 and pursuing a singing career. “A big part of developing my voice was emulating those singers. I really looked up to them.”

There’s a bit of a stigma in being the daughter of a famous rock musician, she concedes, with people assuming she’s riding her dad’s coattails. Of course, he warned her it wouldn’t be easy. “The first thing my dad said when I told him I wanted to pursue a career in music is, ‘You’ve got to work really, really hard and give everything to it.’ ” Johnston recalls the moment when, as a young girl, she decided she wanted to sing. She was in the car on a morning drive with her father and an Aretha Franklin song was on the radio. “It was such a sweet sound,” she says. “I remember thinking, I want to be able to do that.” Today she’s doing it, with a soul-infused style, plenty of local shows and a new EP on the way.

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Miles Schon might be what you call

As a kid, he was more interested in sports than in music; guitar was something he did on the side.

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a chip off the old block, at least as far as guitar playing goes. But it wasn’t always that way. As a kid, he was more interested in sports than in music; guitar was something he did on the side. The tables turned during his sophomore year of high school, however, when he threw his knee out playing football. The instrument he initially took up to emulate his father became a source of solace.

Once Miles began to show serious interest in the guitar, around age 17 or 18, Neal, now regarded as one of the greatest lead guitarists of all time, cautioned him that the music business had changed, and not for the better. “He said, ‘It’s a tough industry, and I got lucky. You could be 10 times the guitar player I was when I was your age, and still it’s just not the same anymore.’ ” But Schon, who also plays bass, ukulele and keyboard, couldn’t forsake the joys of writing and performing music.

His style, grounded in the work of blues guitar masters like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters, calls to mind the promise his father once showed as a gifted young musician. Now 24, Schon teaches guitar in Marin and is a frequent live performer, previously collaborating with Salvador Santana and Lara Johnston and now involved in an ongoing project with keyboardist Will Champlin, son of Chicago member Bill Champlin.

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Monroe Grisman

Son of David Grisman, mandolin pettytheftrocks.com americandrag.bandcamp.com Instruments don’t always run in the blood. Monroe Grisman, son of famed mandolinist and

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acoustic music composer David Grisman, picked up the electric guitar at an early age, started playing clubs at 15 and never looked back. Over the 30 years since, he’s forged a substantial career of his own, playing in a variety of rock acts from buzz-worthy indie groups Stereo Flyers and American Drag to popular cover bands AZ/DZ and Petty Theft.

Still, his passion for music didn’t come from thin air. “My dad had some part in it,” Grisman acknowledges. “He turned me on to Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, James Brown and even Frank Zappa.”

Yet the elder Grisman also warned against entering the music business: “He advised me not to get into it, but I didn’t listen to him. … Now I realize that what he was saying to me is that it’s a really tough business to get into.” The advice didn’t work on Grisman’s brother Sam either: he followed his father into the bluegrass scene.

Monroe’s attraction to rock over folk was in part calculated, but also inevitable. “I just kind of wanted to do my own thing,” he says. “A mandolin was probably the last thing I was going to get into … I didn’t need that kind of pressure. … I’m not purposely trying to rebel, but I am kind of the rebel in the family.”

Over the 30 years since, he’s forged a substantial career of his own, playing in a variety of rock acts from buzz-worthy indie groups Stereo Flyers and American Drag to popular cover bands AZ/DZ and Petty Theft.

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Most of the time she was raised on the road, away from other kids. Lou Reed is basically her godfather.

Sara Wasserman

Daughter of Rob Wasserman, upright bass sarawasserman.com Some of Marin’s rock families have unexpected connections. Back in the early 1970s, for example, Carlos Santana gave a

teenage Neal Schon his start. And 31-year-old Sara Wasserman (shown here with emcee Richard Habib at her annual benefit for Peruvian children) says that when she was growing up in Mill Valley, her parents — Clare and Rob Wasserman, the latter a Grammy Award–winning bassist who has played with Elvis Costello, Jerry Garcia, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Van Morrison and many others — were good friends with Tracy and David Grisman. The Grisman kids, especially Monroe and his sister Gillian, often babysat her.

Due to her father’s work, Wasserman had a unique childhood in more ways than one. Most of the time she was raised on the road, away from other kids. Lou Reed, she says, is basically her godfather. She also grew up in the company of Aaron Neville, another of her father’s collaborators. The experience left her with a somewhat conflicted relationship with music early on.

“When you grow up around something, you just want to try and find your own thing,” she says. “Some people don’t, but I was just determined to do something else for a long time.” She briefly studied musical theater in New York in her late teens, but wound up deciding to be a singer after all. In 2009 came her bluesy, soulful and star-studded debut album Solid Ground; a follow-up is due in the early fall.

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Grahame and Brian Lesh

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he said he’d never been happier. The reason? He was enjoying the fruits of his labors at Terrapin Crossroads, a new venue/restaurant launched in San Rafael by Lesh and his wife, Jill, earlier in the year — and that included playing frequent shows with sons Grahame and Brian. The three still appear together at Terrapin regularly, with Grahame (left) on guitar and vocals and Brian on guitar, mandolin and vocals.

“Getting the three of us here and playing onstage is always a fantastic experience,” Grahame said. “It’s quite the family bonding experience.”

The boys, both in the early stages of pursuing their own music careers, aren’t the least bit intimidated in sharing the spotlight with one of rock’s most accomplished musicians — on his home turf, no less. “It’s like we’re

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playing in the living room,” Grahame says. “It’s a whole different experience than you might think when you’re playing with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead.” All Lesh senior asks is for them to surprise him. “He’s been doing this a long time with a lot of different people. I think what he wants is to continue exploring new things.”

Both sons are more than up to it. Grahame is honing his skills in Grahame Lesh & Friends and Brian is doing the same in American Jubilee, both of which tend toward the folk-rock side of things — though the brothers say they’re comfortable in a variety of genres. Still, the Grateful Dead is in their DNA, which helps explain how they jell so well with their dad. “I think I was three weeks old when I went to my first Dead show,” Brian says. “Some of these melodies are just ingrained.” m

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2013 We asked doctors, “Whom would you send your family members to, or whom would you go to, if faced with a medical problem?” More than 13,000 votes were cast, and the results — 573 physicians, all in the 415 area code — are listed on the following pages. To search by specialty online, visit marinmagazine.com/415topdoctors.

Methodology: Marin Magazine conducted a survey that has resulted in this [415] Top Doctors list — top physicians practicing in San Francisco and Marin counties who received multiple independent recommendations from their peers. The survey process started with a list of more than 4,000 licensed doctors across all specialties in both counties. All doctors on this list were both candidates and eligible voters in the peerto-peer voting poll. Doctors were allowed to cast an unlimited number of votes across all specialties — they could vote for as many doctors as they wanted regardless of specific area of expertise — but they could only vote for the same doctor once.

Response rate was maximized by the following procedures: (a) a long field period of 12 weeks that was further extended to allow all doctors ample time to log in and vote for their peers; (b) multiple channels of solicitations including both individual invitations and organizational outreach to maximize contact with all eligible voters; (c) repeated invitations and reminders to doctors who did not respond to initial rounds of solicitations. At the close of the voting period, approximately 600 doctors with the highest vote counts were short-listed for the database. Each one of these doctors received a statistically significant number of votes from their peers based on established principles of sampling probabilities and power analysis. LinChiat Chang, Ph.D.

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Adolescent Medicine

Cardiology

Charles Irwin UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

James R Adams Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com

Allergy/Immunology Donald German Asthma & Allergy Clinic of Marin and San Francisco 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 101 Greenbrae • 415.751.6800 Katherine Gundling UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Russell Leong Northern California Foot & Ankle 3838 California St, Rm 108 San Francisco • 415.431.3668

Margaret L Baer Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Elias Botvinick UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Bruce Brent Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 516 San Francisco • 415.345.0940

Schuman Tam Asthma & Allergy Clinic of Marin and San Francisco 6850 Geary Blvd San Francisco • 415.461.8909

Michael Crawford UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Diane Wara UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Peter Curran Obrien Soto Lee Chung & Breall 2250 Hayes St, Ste 204 San Francisco • 415.933.9100

Breast Surgery Laura Esserman UCSF Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7070 Cheryl Ewing UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300 Nima Grissom Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3801 Sacramento St, Ste 100 San Francisco • 415.600.1817

Cardiac Electrophysiology Steven Hao Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 110 San Francisco • 415.923.6500 Richard Hongo Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 110 San Francisco • 415.923.6500 Andrea Natale Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 110 San Francisco • 415.923.6500

Sujoya Dey Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Fiona Dulbecco Golden Gate Cardiology 2340 Clay St, Ste 537 San Francisco • 415.600.1099 Kirsten Fleischmann UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Elyse Foster UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Richard Francoz Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 516 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Gordon Fung UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Kent N Gershengorn Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com

Gabriel Gregoratos UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.9156

Jeffrey Olgin UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

William Grossman UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Dean Ornish Preventive Medical Research Institute 900 Bridgeway Rd, Ste 1 Sausalito • 415.332.2525

Ian Harris UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Peter Hui Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 516 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Lester Jacobson California Pacific Medical Center 2351 Clay St San Francisco • 415.923.3565 Ann K Kao Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Brian G Keeffe Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Edward Kersh Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1580 Valencia St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Albert Lee Obrien Soto Lee Chung & Breall 2250 Hayes St, Ste 204 San Francisco • 415.933.9100 Byron Lee UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Dana Mcglothlin UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Gary Milechman Golden Gate Cardiology 2340 Clay St, Ste 537 San Francisco • 415.600.1099 Remo Morelli Cardiovascular Medical Group 1 Shrader St San Francisco • 415.666.3220 Charles Morris California Pacific Cardiovascular 2100 Webster St, Ste 521 San Francisco • 415.345.0940

Richard Podolin Cardiovascular Medical Group 1 Shrader St San Francisco • 415.666.3220 Robert Popper Robert W Popper, MD 2100 Webster St, Ste 511 San Francisco • 415.923.3002 Thomas Ports UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Arun K Raghupathy Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Rajni Rao UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Andrew Rosenblatt California Pacific Cardiovascular 2100 Webster St, Ste 516 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Nelson Schiller UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Kendrick Shunk UCSF Medical Center 4150 Clement St San Francisco • 415.750.2076 Joel Sklar Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Rodolfo Soto Obrien Soto Lee Chung & Breall 2250 Hayes St, Ste 204 San Francisco • 415.933.9100 David C Sperling Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com

Robert T Sperling Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Anne Thorson UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Ethan Weiss UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Mark P Wexman Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com Rupsa Yee California Pacific Cardiovascular 2100 Webster St, Ste 521 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Yerem Yeghiazarians UCSF Medical Center Cardiology 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Jerald A Young Cardiovascular Associates of Marin and San Francisco 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 100 Larkspur • 415.927.0666 camsf.com

Cardiothoracic Surgery Keith F Korver Northern CA Medical Associates 3536 Mendocino Ave, Ste 200 Santa Rosa • 707.569.7860

Cardiovascular Nora Burgess Kaiser Permanente Medical Center 2200 O’Farrell St San Francisco • 415.833.2000

Colorectal Specialist Michael E Abel San Francisco Surgical Medical Group 3838 California St, Ste 616 San Francisco • 415.668.0411 sfsurgery.com Mark Bazalgette Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 101 Larkspur • 415.924.2515

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Yanek S Y Chiu San Francisco Surgical Medical Group 3838 California St, Ste 616 San Francisco • 415.668.0411 sfsurgery.com Laurence F Yee San Francisco Surgical Medical Group 3838 California St, Ste 616 San Francisco • 415.668.0411 sfsurgery.com

Critical Care – Pulmonary Guy Livnat Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214 Merrill Nisam Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Dermatology Tina Bhutani UCSF Psoriasis Skin Treatment Center 515 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.476.4701 Lindy Fox Lindy Peta Fox, MD 1701 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.4333 Kim Frederickson Novato Dermatology Associates 400 Professional Center Dr, Ste 414 Novato • 415.892.0754 Ilona Frieden UCSF Dermatopathology Services 1701 Divisadero St, Ste 350 San Francisco • 415.353.7800 Joseph H Greenberg Sutter Health Care 750 Las Gallinas Ave, Ste 205 San Rafael • 415.472.3903 Roy Grekin Roy Charles Grekin, MD 1701 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7878 Jodi Grossfeld Dermatology Consultants of Marin 5000 Civic Center Dr San Rafael • 415.499.0100 Renee Howard Dermatology Consultants of Marin 5000 Civic Center Dr San Rafael • 415.499.0100 Amy Kobalter Dermatology Consultants of Marin 5000 Civic Center Dr San Rafael • 415.499.0100

John Koo UCSF Psoriasis Skin Treatment Center 515 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.476.4701 David A Laub, MD, FAAD Laub Dermatology & Aesthetics 591 Redwood Hwy, Ste 2210 Mill Valley • 415.381.6661 laubdermatology.com David Macgregor David James Macgregor, MD 450 Sutter St, Ste 1432 San Francisco • 415.989.9400 Vera Price UCSF Medical Center 513 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.9000 Kanade Shinkai UCSF Medical Center 1701 Divisadero St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7800 Cheryl Tanasovich Marin General Hospital 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 207 Greenbrae • 415.925.9062 Lucia Tuffanelli Epstein & Tuffanelli, MDs Inc 450 Sutter St, Rm 1306 San Francisco • 415.781.4083 Siegrid Yu Siegrid S Yu, MD 1701 Divisadero St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7878

Diabetes Specialist Ingrid Block-Kurbisch Sister Mary Philippa Health Center 2235 Hayes St San Francisco • 415.750.5500 Umesh Masharani UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-550 San Francisco • 415.353.2350 Robert Rushakoff UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 2200 Post St, Ste C-430 San Francisco • 415.885.3868

Endocrinology Diana Antoniucci Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 208 San Francisco • 415.600.0110 Nathan Becker Becker & Buxton, MDs 350 Parnassus Ave, Ste 707 San Francisco • 415.681.7707 Lewis Blevins Jr. California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-808 San Francisco • 866.559.5543 ccpd.ucsf.edu

Eric Buxton Becker & Buxton, MDs 350 Parnassus Ave, Ste 707 San Francisco • 415.681.7707

Robert Belknap Robert Ellsworth Belknap, MD 655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 375 Mill Valley • 415.384.0506

Oliver Osborn Prima Medical Group 100 A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Paul Fitzgerald UCSF Medical Center 350 Parnassus Ave, Ste 710 San Francisco • 415.665.1136

Margaret Bourne Hospice By The Bay 17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd Larkspur • 415.927.2273

Lawrence Posner Prima Medical Group 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 111 Sausalito • 415.683.2988

E Ann Myers Golden Gate Endocrine Specialists 2250 Hayes St, Ste 612 San Francisco • 415.668.6767

Charles Calza Charles Calza, MD 4174 Redwood Hwy San Rafael • 415.461.9585

Curtis Robinson Curtis Robinson, MD 619 E Blithedale Ave, Ste A Mill Valley • 415.388.2801

Allan Pont California Pacific Medical Center 2340 Clay St San Francisco • 415.674.5200

Elizabeth Etemad Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Daniel Roth Pacific Family Practice 1 Shrader St, Ste 578 San Francisco • 415.876.5762

Cheng-Yang Tuan Cheng-Yang Christian Tuan, MD 1580 Valencia St, Ste 102 San Francisco • 415.695.7661

Benjamin Fong Telegraph Hill Family Medical Group Inc 1 Shrader St Ste, Ste 500 San Francisco • 415.831.6441

Cathleen Schmitt Cathleen Elizabeth Schmitt, MD 165 Rowland Way, Ste 105 Novato • 415.897.2776

Melissa Weinberg Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 208 San Francisco • 415.600.0110 Kenneth Woeber UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300

Endocrinology/ Diabetes Specialists Richard Bernstein Marin Endocrine Care Research 900 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 201 Greenbrae • 415.461.1780 Karen Earle Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 208 San Francisco • 415.600.0110 Linda Gaudiani Marin Endocrine Care Research 900 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 201 Greenbrae • 415.461.1780

Family Medicine Gail Altschuler Gail Altschuler, MD 400 Professional Center Dr Novato • 415.897.9800 J David Andrew J David Andrew, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 208 Greenbrae • 415.925.1523 Janice Barry Marin Hills Medical Group Inc 711 D St, Ste 102 San Rafael • 415.457.7414 Robert Bartz Prima Medical Group 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 111 Sausalito • 415.683.2988

Cheri Forrester Prima Medical Group 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 111 Sausalito • 415.683.2988 James Gardner James Conrad Gardner, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 203 Greenbrae • 415.925.8888 Flash Gordon Ross Valley Medical Corp 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 204 Greenbrae • 415.461.2262 John Graham Prima Medical Group 100 A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214 Jennie Huang Prima Medical Group 75 Rowland Way, Ste 100 Novato • 415.897.9664 Barry S Landfield Barry Landfield, MD 900 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 202 Greenbrae • 415.461.3500 landfieldmd.com Darren Lipshitz Marin City Health & Wellness Center 630 Drake Ave Marin City • 415.339.8813 Meenal Lohtia Prima Medical Group 4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 200 San Rafael • 415.492.3333 Timothy J Murphy J Timothy Murphy, MD 165 Rowland Way, Ste 215 Novato • 415.897.5171 Chaithra Nagar Prima Medical Group 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 111 Sausalito • 415.683.2988

Diana Schott Prima Medical Group 75 Rowland Way, Ste 100 Novato • 415.897.9664 Lawrence Shore Lawrence Gleason Shore, MD 3838 California St, Rm 806 San Francisco • 415.386.5388 David Tully-Smith Mill Valley Medical 711 D St, Ste 111 San Rafael • 415.453.3030 Robert Vazquez Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 350 Rhode Island, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.826.7575 Arnold Werschky II Arnold G Werschky II, MD 279 Miller Ave Mill Valley • 415.388.2657 Michael Whitt West Marin Medical Center 11150 Hwy 1 Pt. Reyes Station • 415.663.1082 E Regina Widman E Regina Widman, MD 706 D Street San Rafael • 415.256.1980 Alice Yee Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, A-225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Gastroenterology Jeffrey Aron Pacific Heights Medical Group 2340 Clay St San Francisco • 415.600.3700 John R Bettinger Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.6900 maringastro.com

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Mapping Cancer

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hemotherapy has long been considered

the gold standard for cancer treatment.

Although effective, it’s akin to carpet bombing because it destroys both healthy and malignant cells. As a result, patients can suffer life-threatening complications that are sometimes as dangerous as the disease itself.

Fortunately, doctors now have access to a handful of potent cancer drugs that can attack the cancer with smartbomb accuracy. But figuring out which drug works best for which cancer has been a slow and painstaking process.

The good news: a National Institutes of Health initiative called the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) promises to expedite progress by building blueprints for 20 different types of cancer and cataloging the genetic glitches that turn healthy cells into malignant ones.

TCGA has identified more than 200 different types of cancer and many more subtypes, each caused by a specific DNA mutation that triggers the growth of rogue cells. Identifying the changes in each cancer’s complete set of DNA — its genome — and understanding how such changes interact to drive the disease process will lay the foundation for utilizing drugs that target cancer cells and leave healthy ones alone.

Non-small cell lung cancer, for example, is a highly aggressive tumor that usually isn’t discovered until it has spread to other organs. Patients rarely survive longer than a year after diagnosis. But while looking at the cell’s molecular structure, researchers discovered that up to 7 percent of these cancers share a genetic abnormality known as the ALK gene. The ALK gene causes about 40,000 cases of lung cancer worldwide each year. As such, drug companies were highly motivated to come up with a treatment that would stop the ALK gene cells from replicating.

And in time, they did. In late 2011, the Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of a drug called Xalkori, which can shrink or stabilize tumors by preventing the mutated gene from replicating. And it can do so with far fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy has.

The discovery of the ALK gene was somewhat serendipitous because researchers were not looking at the complete cancer genome, but instead at a single gene sequence. “It was a one-off study that hit on something big,” says Dr. Christopher Benz, co-principal investigator at Novato’s Buck Institute for Research on Aging and co-principal investigator at the Buck Institute–UC Santa Cruz Genome Data Analysis Center, one of seven such centers supporting the TCGA program nationwide. “Moving forward, the likelihood of making these discoveries is now exponentially greater, given the vast scope of the TCGA’s current eightyear in-depth effort analyzing the DNA, RNA and protein expressed by all cancer genes, rather than just single ones,”

says Benz. What’s more, these TCGA tumor blueprints are becoming immediately available for researchers around the world to download and further analyze so that they can be used as a springboard for testing even newer hypotheses.

In the meantime, the TCGA research has already yielded a number of groundbreaking revelations. Just recently, the Buck–UCSC team and their TCGA colleagues looked at more than 800 different breast cancer cases and categorized their genomic structure using a dizzying array of data points. From here they determined there are four basic genomic types of breast cancer, each containing many different subtypes and variations. Perhaps the biggest surprise: one of these basic types (basal-like) has more in common with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer than with the other genomic types of breast cancer. That discovery raises a question: Would doctors do better to treat this form of breast cancer with protocols originally developed to treat ovarian cancer?

On a broader scale, the finding implies that perhaps doctors ought to start categorizing cancers based on their molecular structure rather than simply by their organ of origin. “We identified at least 40 possible drug targets, many of which would not have been considered breast cancer targets, but are instead borrowed from other areas of oncology,” says Benz. “This is what is going to thrust us into personalized, precision medicine where we can tailor treatments to very specific cancer subtypes.”

While the research is promising, Benz is quick to point out that the data cannot be immediately applied outside an academic setting. “It’s all just too new,” he says. “But it gives researchers plenty of new directions and data to apply in the design of future clinical trials.” And while sorting out all this new information will take time, there’s reason to hope that targeted drugs like Xalkori and their like will someday be the standard of care for all types of cancer. Dawn margolis denberg

Fortunately, doctors now have access to a handful of potent cancer drugs that can attack the cancer with smart-bomb accuracy.

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When to Get a Vision Exam

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t h a ppens one day, without warning. You attempt to read a price tag, a prescription medication label, or the menu at your favorite restaurant and you can no longer make out the text. The condition, called presbyopia, is an age-related eye disorder in which the lens hardens and diminishes near vision. While this condition is a nuisance, it’s not a health threat. Still, with advancing age, you are at risk for a number of eye disorders that, left untreated, can lead to debilitating vision loss. So if you’re no longer a spring chicken, should you schedule an appointment with the ophthalmologist?

According to Dr. Kathryn Najafi-Tagol, medical director of the San Rafael–based Eye Institute of Marin, when you hit 40, it’s a good idea to get an eye exam. “If everything checks out okay, you probably don’t need to go again for a couple of years,”

she says. “Then around age 50, you’ll want to come in for a comprehensive eye exam.” What will your doctor be screening you for? Glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration are three of the most common age-related eye conditions. “All are treatable when caught early,” says Najafi. “Glaucoma is of particular concern because vision disturbances often aren’t noticeable until damage to the optic nerve is permanent.”

As for that pesky presbyopia, it’s not reversible. But a good pair of reading glasses will get you back in the game. “It’s important, however, to have your eyes examined so that you can get the right prescription,” says Najafi. “Wearing the wrong prescription can cause headaches and eyestrain.” If you’re too vain to wear specs or simply don’t like the feel of frames on your face, multifocal contact lenses are an option. D.m.d.

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Kenneth Binmoeller Interventional Endoscopy Services 2351 Clay St, 6th Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1151

Timothy Sowerby Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.6900 maringastro.com

Daniel Conlin Daniel Richard Conlin, MD 2100 Webster St, Ste 315 San Francisco • 415.923.3320

Andrew Spears Kaiser Permanente Medical Center 99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael • 415.444.2000

Thomas Haddad San Francisco Medical Group 909 Hyde St, Ste 125 San Francisco • 415.771.4366

Jonathan P Terdiman Mount Zion Gastroenterology 2330 Post St, Ste 610 San Francisco • 415.502.4444

John Jolley John Jolley, MD 711 D St, Ste 108 San Rafael • 415.257.3030

Albert A Varner Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.6900 maringastro.com

Danny D Kao Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.6900 maringastro.com Natalie C Lee Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.9600 maringastro.com Martin Liberman Physician Access Center 26 California St San Francisco • 415.397.2881 Kevin Man San Francisco Digestive Disease 450 Sutter St, Ste 1203 San Francisco • 415.362.3336 Richard C McAuliffe Marin Gastroenterology 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 130 Greenbrae • 415.925.6900 maringastro.com Kenneth McQuaid SF Veterans Medical Center 4150 Clement St San Francisco • 415.221.4810 Aristotle Mendiola Mendiola Sundberg Verhille 3801 Sacramento St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.600.2402

Michael S Verhille Sutter Health Care 3838 California St, Ste 416 San Francisco • 415.387.8800

General practitioner Collin B Hamblin Collin B Hamblin, MD 1150 Hwy 1 Pt. Reyes Station • 415.663.1082

General Surgery Kevin Hiler Hiler 1700 California St, Ste 550 San Francisco • 415.292.8999

Geriatric Medicine Erik P Schten Sutter Health Care 400 Professional Center Dr, Ste 424 Novato • 415.448.1555

Geriatrics Mark Kubik Tamalpais Clinic 501 Via Casitas Greenbrae • 415.464.2300

Hand Surgery

Andrew Hsieh UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Aida Calvillo Marin General Hospital 3110 Kerner Blvd San Rafael • 415.526.8517

Steven Fugaro Steven Hugh Fugaro, MD 2001 Union St, Ste 570 San Francisco • 415.476.2752

Hepatology

Anne Chang UCSF Womens Health 2356 Sutter St, 6th Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7788

Richard Gerber Richard M Gerber, MD 2250 Hayes St, Ste 206 San Francisco • 415.379.6100

Kathy Chang-Lipsenthal Marin Community Clinics 3110 Kerner Blvd San Rafael • 415.448.1500

Jason Green Marin Hospitalist Medical Group 250 Bon Air Rd Greenbrae • 415.925.7086 maringeneral.org

R Todd Frederick Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1020 Adil Wakil Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1020

Infectious Disease

Michael Chase Michael C Chase, MD 2 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.945.7800

Gregg Tolliver Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Randolph Chase Randolph Hugh Chase, MD 3838 California St, Ste 608 San Francisco • 415.668.2851

Internal Medicine

Catharine Clark-Sayles Marin Medical Group 1341 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.464.8169

Joshua Adler UCSF Medical Center 1701 Divisdero St San Francisco • 415.353.7900 William Andereck Andereck Cooper Hightower, MDs 2100 Webster St, Ste 418 San Francisco • 415.923.3110 Gary Apter Gary Neil Apter, MD 450 Sutter St, Ste 2001 San Francisco • 415.392.0500 Paul Aronowitz California Pacific Medical Center 2340 Clay St San Francisco • 415.600.1133 David Berman Villa Marin Health Center 100 Thorndale Dr San Rafael • 415.492.2408

Douglas Cohen Marin Hospitalist Medical Group 250 Bon Air Rd Greenbrae • 415.925.7086 maringeneral.org John Culbertson Kaiser Permanente 97 San Marin Dr Novato • 415.899.7412 Susan Cumming Marin General Hospital 250 Bon Air Rd, Rm 2329 Greenbrae • 415.925.7477 Anne M Cummings Anne M Cummings, MD 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 201 Greenbrae • 415.461.5552

Sajot Grewal Marin General Hospital 770 Tamalpais Dr, Ste 203 Corte Madera • 415.945.8808 Joseph Habis Prima Medical Group 4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 200 San Rafael • 415.492.3333 Marilyn Kutzscher Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 308 San Francisco • 415.600.0140 Rebecca N Li North Marin Internal Medicine Specialists 165 Rowland Way, Ste 201 Novato • 415.897.3174 Michelle Malcolmson Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 308 San Francisco • 415.600.1040 Alan Margolin Hospice By The Bay 17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd Larkspur • 415.927.2273 Katherine Margolin Katherine L Margolin, MD 980 Magnolia Ave, Ste 6A Larkspur • 415.925.0884

Peter Berman South of Market Health Center 229 7th Street San Francisco • 415.503.6000

Kerry Davidson Marin Hospitalist Medical Group 250 Bon Air Rd Greenbrae • 415.925.7086 maringeneral.org

Nirav Bhakta UCSF Medical Center 3490 California St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.514.6200

Teresa De Marco UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.3117

Don Ng UCSF Medical Center 1545 Divisidero St, 1st & , 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2583

Ahmed El-Ghoneimy Sutter Health Care 5555 Paradise Dr, 2nd Floor Corte Madera • 415.302.1985

Jonathan Nordlicht Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1375 Sutter St, Ste 308 San Francisco • 415.600.0140

William Mcallister William Joseph Mcallister Jr, MD 2 Bon Air Rd, Ste 150 Larkspur • 415.924.5010

Barbara Nylund Barbara Nylund, MD 165 Rowland Way, Ste 310 Novato • 415.892.7537

Gregory M Buncke The Buncke Clinic 45 Castro St, Ste 121 San Francisco • 415.656.6136

James Ostroff UCSF Gastroenterology & Liver 505 Parnassus Ave, Moffitt San Francisco • 415.353.1888

Hematology/ Oncology

Amy Bossen Sirisat Khalsa, MD Inc 909 Hyde St, Ste 317 San Francisco • 415.440.4800

Timothy Hamill Timothy Robert Hamill, MD 185 Berry St, Ste 290 San Francisco • 415.353.1723

Carl Bricca Mercy Doctors Medical Group 1 Shrader Street, Ste 640 San Francisco • 415.752.0100

Milton Estes Milton Norman Estes, MD 655 Redwood Dr Mill Valley • 415.383.6623

Daniel Null UCSF Mount Zion General Medicine 1545 Divisidero St, 1st & 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7900

Andrea Harzstark UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300

Ray Brindley Marin Hospitalist Medical Group 250 Bon Air Rd Greenbrae • 415.925.7086 maringeneral.org

Mei-Ling Fong Gemini Health Care Incorporated 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.752.7141

David Ogden Marin Personalized Medicine 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 203 Greenbrae • 415.925.3596

James Reed San Francisco Digestive Disease 450 Sutter St, Ste 1203 San Francisco • 415.362.3336 Lyle Shlager Kaiser Permanente 2238 Geary St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.833.2000

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Paul C Ogden Marin Internal Medicine 1341 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.464.8169

James Taylor James Dennis Taylor, MD 155 Anderson Dr, Ste 1108 San Rafael • 415.455.0914

Lloyd Damon UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Eric Small UCSF Urologic Oncology Practice 1600 Divisadero St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7171

Lawrence Levy Marin General Hospital 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 104 Greenbrae • 415.925.3075

Philip J O’Keefe Sutter Health Care 45 Castro St, Ste 138 San Francisco • 415.558.8200

Irene Teper Cardiology Associates 165 Rowland Way, Ste 201 Novato • 415.924.1214

Peter D Eisenberg Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000

Alan Venook UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300

John Riordan Renal Medical Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.923.3815

Alfred Oppenheim Marin General Hospital 770 Tamalpais Dr, Ste 203 Corte Madera • 415.945.8808

John Umekubo John I Umekubo, MD 1674 Post St San Francisco • 415.931.5182

Kathleen Grant Pacific Hematology & Oncology 2100 Webster St, Ste 225 San Francisco • 415.923.3012

Jeffrey Wolf UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-502 San Francisco • 415.353.2421

Neurology

William Parmer Fletcher & Parmer, MDs 3838 California St, Ste 305 San Francisco • 415.387.8805

Danielle Walker Prima Medical Group 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 111 Sausalito • 415.683.2988

David S Guillion Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000

Neonatology

Gyorgy Pataki Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 220 Greenbrae • 415.464.0411

John Ward Marin Internal Medicine 1341 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.464.8169

Thierry Jahan UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300

Cynthia Point Cynthia A Point, MD 2250 Hayes St, Ste 612 San Francisco • 415.751.3553

Richard Ward Sirisat Khalsa, MD Inc 909 Hyde St, Ste 317 San Francisco • 415.440.4800

Lawrence Kaplan UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-502 San Francisco • 415.353.2421

C Kip Roebken Kentfield Rehab & Specialty Hospital 1125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Kentfield • 415.456.9680

Stephen Welter Cardiology Associates 165 Rowland Way, Ste 201 Novato • 415.924.1214

Leah Kelley Prima Medical Group 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 210 Greenbrae • 415.925.5035

Laparoscopic Surgery

Kevin B Knopf California Pacific Medical Center 3838 California St, Ste 707 San Francisco • 415.668.0160

Adam Rosenblatt Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 516 San Francisco • 415.345.0940 Ruth Rubin Ruth Rubin, MD, MPH 21 Tamal Vista Blvd Corte Madera • 415.927.0101 Kevin Saitowitz Caplin Saitowitz and Coopersmith 2186 Geary Blvd, Ste 311 San Francisco • 415.921.5300 Hima Satyavolu Marin Hospitalist Medical Group 250 Bon Air Rd Greenbrae • 415.925.7086 maringeneral.org Elizabeth Seaman Elizabeth Seaman, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 204 Greenbrae • 415.461.3363 John Selle John A Selle, DO ABIHM 2250 Hayes St, Ste 206 San Francisco • 415.379.6100 Maggie So Maggie J So, MD 2351 Clay St, Ste 360 San Francisco • 914.629.7624 Teresa Tang Prima Medical Group 4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 200 San Rafael • 415.492.3333

Michael I Bozuk Sutter Health Care 3835 Cypress Dr, Ste 202 Petaluma • 707.763.3967

Maternal/ Fetal Medicine Denise Main Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, Ste G330 San Francisco • 415.600.6400

Medical Oncology Donald Abrams UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine 1545 Divisidero St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.4082 Ari D Baron Pacific Hematology & Oncology 2100 Webster St, Ste 225 San Francisco • 415.923.3012 Emily Bergsland UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300 Timothy J Crowley Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000

Andrew Ko UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300 Alan Kramer San Francisco Oncology Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 326 San Francisco • 415.885.8600 Jennifer Lucas Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000 Michelle Melisko UCSF Medical Center 1600 Divisidero St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7070 Alex S Metzger Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000 Justin Quock Justin Poy Quock, MD 909 Hyde St, Ste 501 San Francisco • 415.398.5100 Hope Rugo UCSF Mount Zion Breast Care 1600 Divisadero St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7070

Sally Sehring UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital 505 Parnassus Ave, Intensive Care Nursery San Francisco • 415.476.1888 Thomas Shimotake UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital 533 Parnassus Ave, Intensive Care Nursery San Francisco • 415.476.1888

Nephrology Joshua Bernstein Renal Medical Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.923.3815 Lawrence Bohannan Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1092 Michael Borah Renal Medical Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.923.3815 Kerry Cho UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 5th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2507 Genevieve Estilo Marin General Hospital 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 104 Greenbrae • 415.925.3075 Chi-Yuan Hsu UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 5th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2507 Ilyas Iliya Renal Medical Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.923.3815 Mark Kasselik Renal Medical Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 412 San Francisco • 415.923.3815 Steven Katznelson Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1092

Amy Akers Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 115 San Francisco • 415.600.7886 Michael Aminoff UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Nobl Barazangi Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 404 San Francisco • 415.600.5760 Ilkcan Cokgor Neurology Clinic of Marin 50 Red Hill Ave San Anselmo • 415.456.8180 neurologymarin.com Richard Cuneo UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Vanja Douglas UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Max Duncan Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3883 Airway Dr, Ste 201 Santa Rosa • 707.545.6433 Paul Garcia UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Stephen Hauser UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Research Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Floor 8 San Francisco • 415.514.1684 S Andrew Josephson UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Jonathan Katz Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2324 Sacramento St, Ste 111 San Francisco • 415.600.3604 David King-Stephens Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 115 San Francisco • 415.600.7880 Donald Kitt Kitt, MD 3838 California St, Rm 114 San Francisco • 415.751.7753

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Going Gluten Free

W

a lk the aisles of any supermarket

and you’ll find shelves brimming with items purported to be gluten-free.

And it’s not just at the grocery store: many Bay Area restaurant menus now offer a variety of gluten-free choices. In fact, according to one estimate, gluten-free sales reached more than $2.6 billion in 2010, and that number is expected to double by 2015.

Proponents of the gluten-free diet claim it can help remedy a host of medical conditions ranging from attention deficit disorder to eczema, chronic headaches, infertility and anxiety. While this trend has been ramping up for years, Western doctors have been thumbing their noses at the prospect that gluten consumption is problematic for anyone other than the 1 percent of the population with a wheat allergy or celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that wreaks havoc on the body when wheat, rye or barley are ingested.

Still, evidence to the contrary is quickly mounting. In fact, a landmark study by researchers at the University of Maryland, has caused many physicians to reverse course.

The study shows gluten can set off a distinct reaction in the intestines and the immune system, even in people who don’t have celiac disease. “For the first time, we have scientific evidence that indeed, gluten sensitivity not only

exists, but is very different from celiac disease,” says lead author Alessio Fasano, medical director at the University of Maryland’s Center for Celiac Research.

Studies like this have prompted many local physicians to rethink the issue. Dr. Jeffrey Aron, director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disorders at California Pacific Medical Center, says he recently gave a lecture urging doctors to consider gluten sensitivities as a potential diagnosis. “About 1 in 100 people have celiac disease,” Aron notes. “However, we now think that about 1 in 5 have a gluten sensitivity, and that’s striking.” He also points out that many people are probably unaware that they have celiac because, despite its categorization as a gastrointestinal disease, most people who have it don’t present with abdominal complaints.

“Intestinal problems are just the tip of the iceberg,” says Aron. “Learning disabilities, brain fog, fatigue and depression can also be symptoms of celiac.”

Likewise, folks with non-celiac gluten sensitivity can also suffer from symptoms unrelated to the gut. And how much gluten — if any — this group can tolerate without ill effects remains unclear. “I think we are still 10 years away from answering that question,” says Aron. In the meantime, “I tell my patients if being off gluten makes them feel better, then go with it.” D.m.d.

Proponents of the glutenfree diet claim it can help remedy a host of medical conditions ranging from attention deficit disorder to eczema, chronic headaches, infertility and anxiety.

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Kenneth Laxer Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 115 San Francisco • 415.600.7880

Smriti Wagle Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 220 Greenbrae • 415.464.0411

Charles Bookoff Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Daniel Lowenstein UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Neurosurgery

Michelle L Bourgault Saint Lukes Womens Center 1580 Valencia St, Ste 508 San Francisco • 415.641.2140

Catherine Madison Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 45 Castro St, Ste 220 San Francisco • 415.600.5555 J Richard Mendius Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 220 Greenbrae • 415.464.0411 Bruce Miller UCSF Memory & Aging Center 350 Parnassus Ave, Ste 706 San Francisco • 415.476.6242 Robert Miller Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2324 Sacramento St, Ste 111 San Francisco • 415.600.3604 Tracy Newkirk Tracy Newkirk, MD 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 204 Greenbrae • 415.461.2262 John Panagotacos John J Panagotacos, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 206 Greenbrae • 415.578.3110 Ann Poncelet UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Carlos Quintana Kitt, MD 3838 California St, Rm 114 San Francisco • 415.751.7753 Neil Raskin UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.9166 Marilyn Robertson California Pacific Medical Center 45 Castro St, Ste 338 San Francisco • 415.268.3208 Jack Rose Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 404 San Francisco • 415.600.5760 Sandra Shefrin Sandra Lynne Shefrin, MD 279 Miller Ave Mill Valley • 415.380.1950 David Tong Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 404 San Francisco • 415.600.5760

Manish Aghi California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-808 San Francisco • 866.559.5543 ccpd.ucsf.edu Tarun Arora UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Rm M779 San Francisco • 415.514.6868 William Corn William Robert Corn, MD 1001 Potrero Ave San Francisco • 415.353.1845 Micheal Huang Micheal Cen Huang, MD 1001 Potrero Ave, Rm 101 San Francisco • 415.206.8300 Michael Lawton UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Michael Mcdermott UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Praveen Mummaneni UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7500 Andrew Parsa UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2966 Peter Weber Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2100 Webster St, Ste 115 San Francisco • 415.885.8628 Philip Weinstein UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

Obstetrics/ Gynecology Secily Bason-Mitchell Pacific Womens Ob/Gyn Medical Group 3838 California St, Rm 316 San Francisco • 415.379.9600 Stephen Bearg Prima Medical Group 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800 Sally Boero Marin General Hospital 1260 S Eliseo Dr, Floor 2 Greenbrae • 415.461.7800

Andrew Brill Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, Ste G330 San Francisco • 415.600.1941 Izumi Cabrera California Pacific Medical Center 3625 California St San Francisco • 415.668.1010 Karen Callen Golden Gate Ob/Gyn 1725 Montgomery St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.666.1250 Alexis Cardellini Marin General Hospital 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800 Nona Cunningham Marin General Hospital 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800 Brian Demuth Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 117 Larkspur • 415.924.9770 Lisa K Everson Saint Lukes Womens Center 1580 Valencia St, Ste 508 San Francisco • 415.641.6996 Jane Fang Golden Gate Ob/Gyn 1725 Montgomery St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.666.1250 Sylvia Flores Prima Medical Group 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800 Lizellen La Follette Lizellen La Follette, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 301 Greenbrae • 415.461.1949 David Galland Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 117 Larkspur • 415.924.4870 Elena Gates UCSF Medical Center Ob/Gyn 2356 Sutter St, 1st Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7788 Mindy Goldman UCSF Medical Center Ob/Gyn 2356 Sutter St, 1st Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7788

Laurie Green Pacific Womens Ob/Gyn Medical Group 3838 California St, Rm 316 San Francisco • 415.379.9600

Carl Otto Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, 4th Floor, Rm 4360 San Francisco • 415.600.6400

Holly Holter San Francisco Physicians for Women 3838 California St, Ste 510 San Francisco • 415.668.1560

Ricki Pollycove Ricki Pollycove Ob/Gyn 2100 Webster St, Ste 320 San Francisco • 415.923.3390

Joanne Hom Pacific Womens Ob/Gyn Medical Group 3838 California St, Rm 316 San Francisco • 415.379.9600

Richard Printz Richard Henry Printz, MD 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 20 Greenbrae • 415.461.8636

Jordan Horowitz Ob/Gyn Associates San Francisco 3625 California St San Francisco • 415.668.1010 Katherine Hsiao Katherine Ting-Ann Hsiao, MD 3905 Sacramento St, Ste 204 San Francisco • 415.876.8500 Mark Jacobs Mark Matthew Jacobs, MD 3260 Kerner Blvd San Rafael • 415.499.6890 Madelyn Kahn Madelyn Irene Kahn, MD 390 Laurel St, Ste 301 San Francisco • 415.749.1939

George Sawaya UCSF Medical Center 1600 Divisidero St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7100 Kirsten J Voss Prima Medical Group 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800 Donna Wiggins Golden Gate Ob/Gyn 1725 Montgomery St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.666.1250 Gerald Wilner Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 117 Larkspur • 415.924.9770 Pearl Yee Pearl Yee, MD 2661 Ocean Ave, 1447 P Stowell San Francisco • 415.666.1250

Leslie Kardos Pacific Gynecology Surgical Group 2100 Webster St, Ste 319 San Francisco • 415.923.3123 pacificgynsurgicalgroup.com

Ophthalmology

Lois Levine Levine & Demuth, MDs PC 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 101 Greenbrae • 415.464.0184

Richard Abbott Koret Vision Center 10 Koret Way, Rm K-301 San Francisco • 415.476.1921

Monica Lopez Marin General Hospital 1260 S Eliseo Dr, 2nd Floor Greenbrae • 415.461.7800

Everett Ai Pacific Eye Associates 2100 Webster St, Ste 214 San Francisco • 415.923.3007

Elliott Main Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, Ste 1320 San Francisco • 415.600.6388

Robert Anderson Robert Anderson, MD 900 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.8200

Michael Maioriello Michael J Maioriello, MD 600 Professional Center Dr, Ste 611 Novato • 415.897.6089

Robert Bhisitkul Koret Vision Center 10 Koret Way, Rm K-301 San Francisco • 415.476.1921

Marilyn Milkman Bay Spring Medical Group 1199 Bush St, Ste 500 San Francisco • 415.674.2600

Michele Bloomer UCSF Beckman Vision Center 8 Koret Way, U545 San Francisco • 415.514.8200

Malini Nijagal Marin Community Clinics 3260 Kerner Blvd, Ste A San Rafael • 415.448.1500

John R Campbell Marin Eyes 901 E St San Rafael • 415.454.5565 marineyes.com

Laura Norrell Saint Lukes Womens Center 1580 Valencia St, Ste 508 San Francisco • 415.641.2140

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Alejandra DeAlba Campomanes Koret Vision Center 10 Koret Way, Rm K-301 San Francisco • 415.476.1921 Cynthia Chiu UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.2608 Jacque Duncan UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.2402 Ella Faktorovich Pacific Vision Institute 1 Daniel Burnham Ct San Francisco • 415.922.9500 William Good William Good, MD 100 Tamal Plaza Corte Madera • 415.924.4313 Daniel Goodman Eye Surgery Center of San Francisco 2211 Bush St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.474.3333 Creig Hoyt UCSF Medical Center 8 Koret Way San Francisco • 415.353.2560 David Hwang Koret Vision Center 10 Koret Way, Rm K-301 San Francisco • 415.476.1921 Bennie Jeng UCSF Medical Center 8 Koret Way San Francisco • 415.514.8200 Stephen Mcleod UCSF Medical Center 8 Koret Way San Francisco • 415.514.8200 Kathryn Najafi-Tagol Eye Institute of Marin 4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 200A San Rafael • 415.444.0300 eyeinstituteofmarin.com Ayman Naseri UCSF Medical Center 8 Koret Way San Francisco • 415.514.8200 Daniel Schwartz UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.2402 Gayle Shimokaji Shapiro & Shimokaji, MDs 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 203 Greenbrae • 415.925.2020 John C Shin Marin Eyes 901 E St San Rafael • 415.454.5565 marineyes.com

Robert Stamper Koret Vision Center 10 Koret Way, Rm K-301 San Francisco • 415.476.1921 Jay Stewart UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.2402

Ophthalmology/ Retina J Michael Jumper West Coast Retina Medical Group 185 Berry St, Ste 130 San Francisco • 415.972.4600 H Richard McDonald West Coast Retina Medical Group 185 Berry St, Ste 130 San Francisco • 415.972.4600

Orthopedic Spine Surgery Sigurd Berven UCSF Spine Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 866-817-7463 Ken Hsu St. Mary’s Medical Center 1 Shrader St, Ste 650 San Francisco • 415.750.5836 stmarysmedicalcenter.org Serena Hu UCSF Spine Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 866-817-7463 Dimitriy Kondrashov St. Mary’s Medical Center 1 Shrader St, Ste 650 San Francisco • 415.750.5847 stmarysmedicalcenter.org

Orthopedics Kenneth Akizuki Kenneth Hideo Akizuki, MD 1375 Sutter St, Ste 105 San Francisco • 415.387.4900 John Belzer California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 1099 D St, Ste 105 San Rafael • 415.461.1600 cposm.com Raymond Bonneau Prima Medical Group 165 Rowland Way, Ste 100 Novato • 415.898.4211 Kevin Bozic UCSF Orthopaedic Institute 1500 Owens St San Francisco • 415.353.2808 Peter Callander California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 1099 D St, Ste 105 San Rafael • 415.461.1600 cposm.com Mohammad Diab UCSF Medical Center 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 204 Greenbrae • 415.353.2967 orthosurg.ucsf.edu Keith Donatto California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 1099 D St, Ste 105 San Rafael • 415.461.1600 cposm.com Andrew Giovannini Andrew M Giovannini, MD 3490 20th St, Ste 201 San Francisco • 415.550.8411

William Montgomery San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgery 1 Shrader St, Ste 650 San Francisco • 415.221.0665

Jacob Johnson San Francisco Otolaryngology 450 Sutter St, Ste 933 San Francisco • 415.362.5443

Michael J Oechsel Mt Tam Orthopedics 18 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.927.5300 mttamorthopedics.com

Lawrence Lustig UCSF Medical Center 2380 Sutter St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2757

Michael Ries UCSF Orthopaedic Institute 1500 Owens St San Francisco • 415.353.2808 Taylor Smith California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 1099 D St, Ste 105 San Rafael • 415.461.1600 cposm.com Robert Teasdale Robert Teasdale, MD 1375 S Eliseo Dr Greenbrae • 415.461.4150 Thomas Vail UCSF Orthopaedic Institute 1500 Owens St San Francisco • 415.353.2808

Otolaryngology Romeo Agbayani Romeo Agbayani, MD 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 103 Greenbrae • 415.461.9770 Jeffrey Chien Kaiser Permanente Medical Center 99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael • 415.444.2000 Mark Courey UCSF Medical Center 2330 Post St, 5th Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7700

Aditi H Mandpe San Francisco Ear Nose & Throat 3838 California St, Ste 505 San Francisco • 415.751.4914 Lisa Orloff UCSF Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2380 Sutter St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7528 Steven Pletcher UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 Gary Rust Sutter Health Care 45 Castro St, Ste 210 San Francisco • 415.626.4900 David N Schindler San Francisco Otolaryngology 450 Sutter St, Ste 933 San Francisco • 415.362.5443 Steven Wang UCSF Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2380 Sutter St, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.885.7528 Andrea H Yeung San Francisco Otolaryngology 450 Sutter St, Ste 933 San Francisco • 415.362.5443

Pain and Addiction

Kenneth Light Kenneth Ian Light, MD 1700 California St, Ste 340 San Francisco • 415.673.4500

Jonathan R Goff Mt Tam Orthopedics 18 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.927.5300

Bobby Tay UCSF Spine Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 866-817-7463

David H Goltz Mt Tam Orthopedics 18 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.927.5300

James Zucherman St. Mary’s Medical Center 1 Shrader St, Ste 650 San Francisco • 415.750.5835 stmarysmedicalcenter.org

John C Keohane Mt Tam Orthopedics 18 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.927.5300 mttamorthopedics.com

Orthopedic Surgery

Chunbong Ma UCSF Orthopaedic Institute 1500 Owens St San Francisco • 415.353.2808

Winthrop Hall Winthrop H Hall Jr, MD 165 Rowland Way, Ste 202 Novato • 415.897.3070

Ernest H Sponzilli Mt Tam Orthopedics 18 Bon Air Rd Larkspur • 415.927.5300 mttamorthopedics.com

William McGann San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgery 1 Shrader St, Ste 650 San Francisco • 415.221.0665

Kambridge Hribar Kambridge Hribar, MD 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 103 Greenbrae • 415.461.9770

Charles Szabo Charles Samuel Szabo, MD 5 Compton Cir Mill Valley • 415.380.9777

Mark S Lawler Novato Community Hospital 7100 Redwood Blvd, Ste 200 Novato • 415.492.1600 Kevin R Stone The Stone Clinic 3727 Buchanan St, Ste 300 San Francisco • 415.563.3110

Ivan El-Sayed UCSF Medical Center 2380 Sutter St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2757 Thomas L Engel San Francisco Ear Nose & Throat 3838 California St, Ste 505 San Francisco • 415.751.4914 Andrew Goldberg Andrew N Goldberg, MD 2380 Sutter St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.476.4952

Timothy Dawson Dr Timothy C Dawson 1050 Northgate Dr, Ste 460 San Rafael • 415.461.7246 Michael Moskowitz Bay Area Pain Medical Associates 3 Harbor Dr, Ste 115 Sausalito • 415.380.0480 Russell Sandberg Marin Treatment Center 1466 Lincoln Ave San Rafael • 415.457.3755

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Save on Health Care Costs

L

ike a n y pa rent, Lynn Lathan of Mill Valley

was sick with worry when her then-4-year-old daughter wound up in the hospital with a broken arm. Lathan’s round-the-clock vigil took a toll on her own health. So when her throat started feeling raw and scratchy, Lathan mentioned to the night nurse that she would likely be visiting her own doctor the following day. Thinking she was doing Lathan a favor, the nurse offered to fast-track the ailing mother through the emergency room so she could get a strep test without even leaving the building. Lathan was delighted. That delight soon turned to frustration after she received a $250 bill from the emergency room for an office visit that under normal circumstances would have cost around $35. At a time when patients with medical insurance endure higher deductibles and reduced benefits, Lathan’s story illustrates the importance of becoming a savvy health care consumer.

Avoid the Emergency Room

For life-threatening conditions, the ER is still the best bet.

But because hospitals have higher administrative costs than small medical practices do, they are notoriously expensive for treatment and shouldn’t be the first place you turn for most after-hours medical care. Instead, “try visiting an urgent care center,” suggests Larry Gelb, CEO of CareCounsel, a health care advocacy firm in San Rafael.

Such facilities offer walk-in doctor’s appointments outside normal business hours. “If you have insurance, you’ll want to make sure you choose an in-network facility, which you can usually find by checking your health care provider’s website,” adds Gelb.

Comparison Shop

If you were planning on buying a large flat-screen TV, chances are you’d do a little research to see where you could get the best deal. The same rules apply to medical procedures. If your doctor recommends a head CT scan, your first instinct may be to choose the one that’s most convenient. But would you be willing to drive a few additional miles to save thousands of dollars? A CT scan of the head without contrast at Novato Community

Hospital will run you $3,201; that same scan costs $295 at Health Diagnostics, a freestanding imaging facility in San Francisco’s financial district.

Know the Details

The idea of reading all the details of your insurance plan may be daunting. But the more familiar you are with its terms, the more you can save. Why pay full price for your acupuncture treatments, for example, if it turns out your policy covers all or part of the costs? Likewise, thanks to the Affordable Health Care for America Act, you’re entitled to a number of freebies even before you meet your deductible; depending on your age, that can include services ranging from mammograms and colonoscopies to flu shots and well-baby visits.

Open a Health Savings Account

Another huge money saver: If you’re are on a high-deductible insurance plan — with a deductible over $1,250 for an individual or $2,500 for a family — the government allows you to open a health care savings account. Individual policyholders can contribute up to $3,250 annually. For families, the maximum yearly contribution is $6,450.

These funds are not subject to federal income tax at the

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time of deposit and can be withdrawn without penalty at any time, provided they’re used to pay medical expenses.

Best of all, unlike with a flexible spending account, the funds roll over and accumulate year to year if not spent.

Coming to Terms

You don’t normally pay sticker price at a car dealership — and you don’t necessarily have to when it comes to medical bills. Most doctors spend thousands of dollars each year hiring collection agencies to recoup losses from unpaid bills. That’s a huge cost they’d rather not have to deal with.

Likewise, when you pay by credit card, the doctor incurs processing fees it’s in his best interest to avoid. So if you offer to pay in cash up front or within 30 days you can often negotiate a better deal. And if the fee is a financial hardship, let the billing department know; most practices would rather get partial payment than send someone to collection. “If Warren Buffett asks for a discount, he’s not likely to get one,” says Gelb. “But if you’re in difficult circumstances, explain this, and often they’ll work with you.”

Pathology Paul Wasserstein Paul Wasserstein, MD 1615 Hill Rd, Ste C Novato • 415.898.7649

Pediatric Biofeedback Ruby Ng California Pacific Medical Center 3700 California St, Ste B555 San Francisco • 415.600.0750

Pediatric Cardiology Scott Soifer UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Moffitt San Francisco • 415.476.5153 Paul Stanger UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Moffitt San Francisco • 415.353.9350 Nikola Tede Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, Ste B555 San Francisco • 415.600.0770 David Teitel UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Moffitt San Francisco • 415.353.4140

Pediatric Critical Care Jeffery Fineman UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.5153

A Prescription for Savings

The nearest pharmacy may be right around the corner, but if it’s a Walgreens, you could be paying more than you need to. A cost comparison by Consumers’ Checkbook, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group, revealed retail prices 6 percent higher than average at this drugstore chain. So where can you go to save? Well, it turns out Walmart, Target and Costco offer good deals on drugs as well as toilet paper and toothpaste. In fact, Costco, the lowestpriced source in the survey, sold its prescriptions for 47 percent less than the highest-charging store.

If you take certain prescription drugs regularly, mail order may offer even better discounts than the big-box retailers. Consumers’ Checkbook research has found that familymeds.com and AARP Pharmacy Service are your best bet for cutting costs. D.m.d.

Stephen Gitelman UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7337 Stephen Rosenthal UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7337

Lorry Frankel Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St San Francisco • 415.600.0749

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Sandrijn Van Schaik UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.5153

Melvin Heyman UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2813

Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health

Sue Rhee UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2000

Barbara Bennett Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation - Kalmanovitz Child Development Center 1625 Van Ness, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.600.6200

Pediatric Endocrinology Suruchi Bhatia Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3700 California St, Ste B555 San Francisco • 415.600.0750

Pediatric Hospitalist Diva Seddick Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 3555 Cesar Chavez St San Francisco • 415.641.6650

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Pediatric Rheumatology Emily von Scheven UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7337

Pediatrics

Peggy Weintrub UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2813

Eileen Aicardi Golden Gate Pediatrics 3641 California St San Francisco • 415.668.0888

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Anjuli Basu Prima Medical Group 100-A Drakes Landing Rd, Ste 225 Greenbrae • 415.924.1214

Nalin Gupta UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.2383

Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Arthur Ablin UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 1st Floor San Francisco • 415.476.4901

Anna Meyer UCSF Pediatric Otolaryngology 2330 Post St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2757

Michelle Hermiston UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 1st Floor San Francisco • 415.476.4901

Kristina Rosbe UCSF Pediatric Otolaryngology 2330 Post St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.9385

Rachel Bauer Prima Medical Group 655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216 Mill Valley • 415.383.3500 Julie Bokser Tamalpais Pediatrics 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.0440 Nelson Branco Tamalpais Pediatrics 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.0440 Michael Cabana UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2000

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 Suzanne Christie Prima Medical Group 655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216 Mill Valley • 415.383.3500

Sarah Hemmer Bayview Child Health Center 1335 Evans Ave San Francisco • 415.600.1990

Scott Cohen Kaiser Permanente Medical Center 99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael • 415.444.2000

Sareena Jaspal Prima Pediatrics 655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216 Mill Valley • 415.383.3500

Katherine Crosby SF Bay Pediatrics 525 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.668.8900

Martin Joffe Sexton Joffe & Urbach 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A Greenbrae • 415.461.5436

Susan Dab SF Bay Pediatrics 525 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.668.8900

Alan Johnson SF Bay Pediatrics 525 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.668.8900

Tareq Elqousy Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 101 Rowland Way, Ste 220 Novato • 415.878.7200

Uta Kerl Prima Medical Group 655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216 Mill Valley • 415.383.3500

Martin Ernster Golden Gate Pediatrics 3641 California St San Francisco • 415.668.0888

Jan Maisel Tamalpais Pediatrics 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.0440

Darren Fiore UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2000

Kathryn Meier Marin Pediatric Associates 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106 Greenbrae • 415.461.8828

Yasuko Fukuda Fukuda Montgomery & Sullivan 3905 Sacramento St San Francisco • 415.752.8038

Jane Meill Marin Pediatric Associates 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106 Greenbrae • 415.461.8828 marinpediatricassociates.com

Gary Gin SF Bay Pediatrics 525 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.668.8900 Albert Goldberg Sutter Health Care 750 Las Gallinas Ave, Ste 210 San Rafael • 415.479.7244 William Gonda Golden Gate Pediatrics 3641 California St San Francisco • 415.668.0888 Cindy Greenberg Sutter Health Care 750 Las Gallinas Ave, Ste 210 San Rafael • 415.479.7244 Michael Harris Kaiser Permanente 97 San Marin Dr Novato • 415.899.7412 Samuel Hawgood UCSF Medical Center 513 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.2342 Erin Heath Tamalpais Pediatrics 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.0440

Carol Miller UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2000 Kara Ornstein Marin Pediatric Associates 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106 Greenbrae • 415.461.8828 marinpediatricassociates.com Mary Piel Golden Gate Pediatrics 3641 California St San Francisco • 415.668.0888 Jennifer Puck UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7337 Glenn Rosenbluth UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital 505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor San Francisco • 415.476.1000 David Rowitch UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, 1, 5th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.1565 Amit Sabnis UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.3831

Eric Scher Marin General Hospital 250 Bon Air Rd, Rm 4371 Greenbrae • 415.884.1850 marinpediatricassociates.com

Kenneth Bermudez Kenneth Bermudez, MD 525 Spruce St San Francisco • 415.668.2122 plasticsurgery-sf.com

Khashayar Mohebali Plastic Surgery Specialists 350 Bon Air Rd, Ste 300 Greenbrae • 415.925.2880 psspecialists.com

Sarabenet Sequeira Pediatric Alternatives 10 Thomas Dr Mill Valley • 415.380.8448

Carolyn Chang Carolyn Chieng Lin Chang, MD 2100 Webster St, Ste 508 San Francisco • 415.923.3070

Brian M Parrett California Pacific Medical Center 45 Castro St, Ste 121 San Francisco • 415.565.6136

Kathryn Sexton Sexton Joffe & Urbach 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A Greenbrae • 415.461.5436

David S Chang California Pacific Medical Center 45 Castro St, Medical Office Building, Ste 410 San Francisco • 415.565.6884

Stanley G Poulos Plastic Surgery Specialists 350 Bon Air Rd, Ste 300 Greenbrae • 415.925.2880 psspecialists.com

Tancredi D’Amore Marin General Hospital 21 Tamal Vista Blvd, Ste 103 Corte Madera • 415.927.7660

David Young UCSF Plastic Surgery 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-655 San Francisco • 415.353.4201

Keith Denkler Keith Denkler, MD 275 Magnolia Ave Larkspur • 415.924.6010

Podiatry

Alan Uba UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco • 415.353.2000 Katrina Urbach Sexton Joffe & Urbach 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A Greenbrae • 415.461.5436 Michael Yamaguchi Terra Linda Pediatrics 4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 201 San Rafael • 415.479.8642

Pediatrics/Internal Medicine Elizabeth Lowe Marin General Hospital 1341 S Eliseo Dr Greenbrae • 415.464.8169

Perinatal James D Goldberg San Francisco Perinatal Associates Inc 1 Daniel Burnham Ct, Ste 230C San Francisco • 415.202.1200

Physiatry Alex Barchuk Kentfield Rehab & Specialty Hospital 1125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Kentfield • 415.456.9680 Deborah Doherty Kentfield Rehab & Specialty Hospital 1125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Kentfield • 415.485.3524 Holly Kelly Marin Orthopedics And Sports Medicine 7100 Redwood Blvd, Ste 200 Novato • 415.492.1600

Plastic Surgery James Anthony James Peter Anthony, MD 450 Sutter St, Ste 2630 San Francisco • 415.395.7323

Issa Eshima Issa Eshima, MD 1199 Bush St, Ste 490 San Francisco • 415.567.7076 Cynthia Goodman Cynthia Marie Hom Goodman, MD 1240 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 201 Greenbrae • 415.925.8555 Terry Hand Terry Lee Hand, MD 900 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 103 Greenbrae • 415.461.6742 William Hoffman UCSF Plastic Surgery 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-655 San Francisco • 415.353.4285 Yngvar A Hvistendahl Plastic Surgery Specialists 350 Bon Air Rd, Ste 300 Greenbrae • 415.925.2880 psspecialists.com Gabriel M Kind California Pacific Medical Center 45 Castro St, Medical Office Building, Ste 410 San Francisco • 415.565.6884 drkind.com Charles K Lee L Plastic Surgery 2250 Hayes St, Ste 508 San Francisco • 415.933.8330 Corey Maas The Maas Clinic 2400 Clay St San Francisco • 415.567.7000 Roland Minami Roland Takashi Minami, MD 1240 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.461.1240

Jeffrey Amen Sutter Health Care 1615 Hill Rd, Ste E Novato • 415.898.4828 Russell Davis Sutter Health Care 1460 N Camino Alto, Ste 100 Vallejo • 415.552.3434 David Deng San Francisco Medical Center 450 6th Ave, 5th Floor San Francisco • 415.833.3898 James Dietz Mill Valley Pod Group 203 East Blithedale Ave, Ste B Mill Valley • 415.381.0330 Mark Drucker Mark Drucker DPM 750 Las Gallinas Ave, Ste 115 San Rafael • 415.472.5575 Anthony Fedrigo Anthony Fedrigo DPM 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 207 Greenbrae • 415.461.6555 Barry Nemrow Novato Foot Health Center 1223 Grant Ave, Ste D Novato • 415.897.7187 James Robison Marin Foot & Ankle 7 N Knoll Rd, Ste 3 Mill Valley • 415.388.2777 Eric Stamps Mill Valley Pod Group 203 East Blithedale Ave, Ste B Mill Valley • 415.381.0330

Psychiatry Scott Barshack Scott Barshack, MD 2 Fifer Ave, Ste 200 Corte Madera • 415.927.6690

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[415] Top Doctors 2013 ADRIENNE FRATINI Adrienne Fratini, MD 1988 Bush St San Francisco • 415.753.2500 BRUCE VICTOR Bruce Scott Victor, MD 1819 Union St San Francisco • 415.346.7025

RADIATION ONCOLOGY FRANCINE HALBERG Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000 JOSEPH POEN Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY MARCELLE CEDARS UCSF Fertility Group 2356 Sutter St, 7th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7475 LINDA GIUDICE UCSF Fertility Group 2356 Sutter St, 7th Floor San Francisco • 415.353.7475

INFERTILITY AND REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY PHILIP E CHENETTE Pacific Fertility Center 55 Francisco St, Ste 500 San Francisco • 415.834.3000 ELDON D SCHRIOCK Pacific Fertility Center 55 Francisco St, Ste 500 San Francisco • 415.834.3000

SURGERY – BARIATRIC, GI AND ENDOCRINE GREGG JOSSART Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 3rd Floor San Francisco • 415.923.3200

SURGERY – GENERAL EDWARD ALFREY Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 101 Larkspur • 415.924.2515 QUAN-YANG DUH UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 HOBART HARRIS UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 KIMBERLY KIRKWOOD UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 CRYSTINE LEE Prima Medical Group 5 Bon Air Rd, Ste 101 Larkspur • 415.924.2515 MICHELLE L LI San Francisco Surgical Medical Group 3838 California St, Ste 616 San Francisco • 415.668.0411 sfsurgery.com JOHN MAA UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

RHEUMATOLOGY

ERIC NAKAKURA UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center 1600 Divisadero St San Francisco • 415.353.7300

JOAN CAMPAGNA Joan Campagna, MD 750 Las Gallinas Ave, Ste 219 San Rafael • 415.491.0713

MARK PETERSON Mark Peterson, MD 1300 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 202 Greenbrae • 415.461.7955

NANCY LEE CARTERON California Pacific Medical Center 2100 Webster St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.923.6534

JOHN RABKIN Pacific Laparoscopy 2250 Hayes St San Francisco • 415.668.3200

ROBERT L DOBROW Sutter Health Care 1375 Sutter St, Ste 120 San Francisco • 415.750.6510

PETER RICHARDS Vascular Specialists of SF 3838 California St, Rm 612 San Francisco • 415.221.7056

PETER H STEIN Sutter Health Care 599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 204 Greenbrae • 415.464.9604

EDMUND TSOI North East Medical Service 1520 Stockton St San Francisco • 415.391.9686 ANN VERCOUTERE Zakhireh Inc 1363 S Eliseo Dr, Ste A-808 Greenbrae • 415.461.2426

MOHAMMED ZAKHIREH Zakhireh Inc 1363 S Eliseo Dr, Ste A-809 Greenbrae • 415.207.0053

DAVID DUONG David T Duong, MD, Ph.D. 909 Hyde St, Ste 222 San Francisco • 415.441.3155

MARSHALL STOLLER UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-610 San Francisco • 415.353.2200

SURGERY – TRANSPLANT

BART GERSHBEIN Bart Gershbein, MD 1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 102 Greenbrae • 415.464.9988

PAUL J TUREK The Turek Clinic 55 Francisco St, Ste 300 San Francisco • 415.392.3200

GARY GROSSFELD Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000

VASCULAR SURGERY

NANCY ASCHER UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.1551 DAMANPREET BEDI UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 WILLIAM BRY Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1092 SANDY FENG UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.1551 ROBERT OSORIO Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation 2340 Clay St, 4th Floor San Francisco • 415.600.1010 PETER STOCK UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.353.1551

THORACIC SURGERY

ROBERT KAHN Golden Gate Urology 2100 Webster St, Ste 222 San Francisco • 415.202.0250 HARRY NEUWIRTH Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000 RODMAN ROGERS San Francisco Urology 3838 California St, Ste 803 San Francisco • 415.668.3600 IRA SHARLIP Golden Gate Urology 2100 Webster St, Ste 222 San Francisco • 415.202.0250 JOSEPH SPAULDING Stephen M Schatz Medical Corp 909 Hyde St, Ste 222 San Francisco • 415.441.3155

SUSAN BAILEY California Pacific Cardiovascular 1580 Valencia St San Francisco • 415.345.0940 TIMOTHY CHUTER UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 CHARLES EICHLER UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 JADE HIRAMOTO UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000 LAURA K PAK Sirona Vascular 1100 South Eliseo Drive, Ste 2A Greenbrae • 415.464.5400 camsf.com

PETER J ANASTASSIOU Sutter Health Care 2100 Webster St, Ste 200 San Francisco • 415.600.7860 ROBERT MURRAY San Francisco Surgical Group 1 Shrader St, Ste 550 San Francisco • 415.387.8031

UROLOGY LAURENCE BASKIN UCSF Medical Center 400 Parnassus Ave, Ste A-610 San Francisco • 415.353.2200 PATRICK BENNETT Marin Specialty Care 1350 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 200 Greenbrae • 415.925.5000 PETER N BRETAN Marin Sonoma Urology 165 Rowland Way, Ste 303 Novato • 415.892.0904 PETER CARROLL UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco • 415.476.1000

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A Tradition of Innovative Spine Care St. Mary’s Spine Center has offered a unique, collaborative approach to spine care since 1982, making it the longest continuously operating multidisciplinary spine center in the western United States. Patients at St. Mary’s Spine Center benefit from the shared knowledge of our experienced physicians and nurses.

Our nonsurgical treatment includes osteopathic manipulative medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and interventional pain management. We incorporate exercise, diet and functional integration into customized individual treatment for each person in every stage of his or her rehabilitation. We work extremely hard to first treat our patients without surgery and will review all of the options with you.

If surgery is required, we employ the latest methods, including vertebroplasty/ Kyphoplasty and other minimally invasive approaches, to dramatically reduce recovery time. Surgeons at the Spine Center invented many innovative procedures, including the X-Stop implant for treatment of spinal stenosis and Staflex to avoid fusion.

Doctors at the St. Mary’s Spine Center are experts in disc replacement surgery for the neck and back as well as leaders in cutting-edge technology, serving as FDA investigators in the development of artificial discs. Our team works closely together to provide continuity of care on each patient’s path to recovery.

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1 Shrader Street, Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94117 415.750.5849 stmarysmedicalcenter.org

Pictured (front row): James Zucherman, M.D.* Jerel Glassman, D.O. Masami Hattori, M.D. Pictured (back row): Ken Hsu, M.D.* Dimitriy Kondrashov, M.D.* Quoc Vo, D.O. Judy Silverman, M.D.

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A 60-YEAR HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE IN MARIN MARINEYES IS A COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE CENTER with a long tradition of excellence and a commitment to using proven technologies that improve patients’ vision and quality of life. While specializing in cataract, laser vision correction (LASIK) and glaucoma treatment, we also provide preventive care and eye exams and treat a variety of ocular conditions. Our team approach includes board-certified ophthalmologists and optometrists along with registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, anesthesiologists, and ophthalmic and surgical technicians. On-site optical dispensaries produce custom prescription eyewear, ensuring full continuity of care.

With two Marin locations, MarinEyes has grown remarkably since 1979 when Dr. Ernest W. Denicke — the county’s first ophthalmologist, and a native of Ross — invited Dr. John R. Campbell, a Stanford graduate who interned and trained at California Pacific Medical Center, to practice with him in San Rafael. 1998 Dr. John C. Shin, experienced in corneal and external eye disease, joined the practice. Having practiced in Sonoma for 10 years before joining MarinEyes in 2008, Dr. Christian Kim is a refractive corneal specialist.

MarinEyes was an early adopter of electronic medical record, which currently links the clinic with the on-site surgery center, dramatically enhancing the ability to provide our patients with precise, efficient, cost-effective care.

At MarinEyes we love the challenge of evaluating and implementing technological advances to benefit our patients and to contain health care costs in the process.

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901 E. Street, Suite 285 San Rafael, CA 94901 415.454.5565 165 Rowland Way, Suite 207 Novato, CA 94945 415.892.0111 marineyes.com Pictured (left to right): Christian K. Kim, M.D. John R. Campbell, M.D.* John C. Shin, M.D.*

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Serving Marin County and San Francisco for Over 40 Years California Pacific Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (CPOSM) has been providing comprehensive orthopaedic and sports medicine care to Marin County and the greater San Francisco Bay Area for more than 40 years.

Our surgeons will provide you with the same level of elite care that they do for the San Francisco Ballet, Oakland A’s, Golden State Warriors, and many other area sports and entertainment patients.

We have three clinics to serve you, including our newest clinic conveniently located in San Rafael where we offer same day appointments in most cases.

Call to find out more or learn about our other clinics in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights and Pacific Heights.

For your convenience we offer in-house MRI and X-ray and have office hours five days a week. We accept most major insurance plans and are Brown and Toland providers. We look forward to serving you.

Now taking walk-in appointments at our new location in San Rafael.

1099 D Street, Suite 105 San Rafael, CA 94901 3838 California Street, Suite 715 San Francisco, CA 94118 415.668.8010 cposm.com Pictured (seated from left): William Green, M.D. Peter Callander, M.D.* Jon Dickinson, M.D. Taylor Smith, M.D.* Christopher Cox, M.D. (standing from left): W. Scott Green, M.D. John Belzer, M.D.* Keith Donatto, M.D.* Rowan Paul, M.D. Adrian Rawlinson, M.D. Robert Gilbert, M.D.

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PATIENT-FRIENDLY ORTHOPEDICS AND SPINE CARE IN THE NORTH BAY MT. TAM ORTHOPEDICS OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE orthopedics and spine care from physicians with unparalleled experience in sports medicine, joint replacement, arthroscopy, and arthritis management. We treat issues ranging from rotator cuff problems and ligament injuries to fractures and spinal disorders.

For most orthopedic problems, the first and preferred approach is nonsurgical, but if surgery is required, the specialists at Mt. Tam use the latest state-of-theart technologies. Even the most complex injuries, along with many common problems, can be repaired by today’s new minimally invasive methods and arthroscopy. Our surgeons are leaders in this pioneering approach, which results in accelerated recoveries and shorter hospital stays.

Our services include sports medicine care (we are the official providers for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding Team), minimally invasive hip and knee replacement, joint resurfacing procedures, cartilage salvage and restoration for complex knee conditions, and spine care.

Our patients receive the same level of care we would want our own family to receive. Seamless integration of expert testing, award-winning physical therapy and superb surgical care have distinguished our practice as the leader in patient-friendly orthopedics in Marin and the North Bay.

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18 Bon Air Road Larkspur, CA 94939 415.927.5300 mttamorthopedics.com

Pictured (seated from left): Brian W. Su, M.D. Jonathan R. Goff, M.D.* Michael J. Oechsel, M.D.* Ernest H. Sponzilli, M.D.* Pictured (seated from left): Charles A. Stuart, M.D. David H. Goltz, M.D.* Robert H. Byers, M.D. Not pictured: John C. Keohane, M.D.

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SAN FRANCISCO SURGICAL MEDICAL GROUP SAN FRANCISCO SURGICAL MEDICAL GROUP (SFSMG) is San Francisco’s premier surgical group specializing in colorectal, general and laparoscopic surgery. Our primary focus is on diseases of the abdomen. Though based primarily in two San Francisco locations, we have long appreciated the opportunity to care for North Bay patients and are excited to have recently opened an office in Greenbrae to better serve Marin.

We provide comprehensive care ranging from the management of complex abdominal and gastrointestinal conditions to colorectal cancer screening. The scope of our practice includes treatment of abdominal cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, gallbladder disorders, gastroesophageal reflux, hernias, endocrine disease and anorectal problems. Our surgeons are pioneers in laparoscopic abdominal surgery and in the use of new techniques for treating hemorrhoids, anorectal fistulas and pilonidal disease.

Our practice was established in 1939, and we take pride in our history of surgical excellence and leadership. We strive to maintain those standards set by our founders and past associates. We are proud of our heritage, our specialty training and our dedication to patient care. Members of our staff speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Tagalog and Spanish.

599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Suite 302 Greenbrae, CA 94904 415.925.1047 3838 California Street, Suite 616 San Francisco, CA 94118 415.668.0411 2100 Webster Street, Suite 520 San Francisco, CA 94115 415.923.3020 sfsurgery.com Doctors pictured: Yanek Chiu, M.D., FACS, FASCRS* Michael Abel, M.D., FACS, FASCRS* Laurence Yee, M.D., FACS, FASCRS* Jeffrey Sternberg, M.D., FACS, FASCRS Michelle Li, M.D., FACS* T. Philip Chung, M.D., FACS, FASCRS Former Partners: Peter Volpe M.D., FACS, FASCRS Thomas Russell, M.D., FACS, FASCRS * Recognized on the [415] Top Doctors 2013 list.

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PACIFIC FERTILITY CENTER: PIONEERS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE PACIFIC FERTILITY CENTER’S (PFC) physicians are recognized internationally for their clinical expertise, outstanding academic credentials, and research contributions. PFC’s clinical laboratory director is held in high esteem worldwide.

PFC physicians have continually been voted “Best Doctors in America” by their peers and have been named top reproductive endocrinologists on the U.S. News Top Doctors list.

PFC’s doctors have been performing in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures longer than any other program in the Bay Area. PFC physicians hold the highest level of accreditation in the field as certified subspecialists in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

PFC offers all of its fertility ser vices on-site in one location, from intrauterine insemination (IUI) and ovulation induction, to complex IVF protocols using the most sophisticated techniques such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for male factor cases or vitrification for egg and embryo “freezing.”

55 Francisco Street, 5th floor San Francisco, CA 94133 415.834.3095 PacificFertilityCenter.com Pictured (from left): Liyun Li, M.D. Philip Chenette, M.D.* Carl Herbert, M.D. Isabelle Ryan, M.D. Eldon Schriock, M.D.* Carolyn Givens, M.D.

New services offered at PFC: • Fertility preservation • Frozen egg banking • Comprehensive chromosome screening Located in San Francisco with easy access from Marin, PFC is open 365 days a year, offering flexible hours to accommodate each patient’s individual needs. * Recognized on the [415] Top Doctors 2013 list.

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Ear, Nose and Throat Expertise The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery is dedicated to providing superior treatment and preventative medicine. With innovative technology and the highest-caliber health care professionals, we are committed to the ideal that optimal care is both specialized and integrated.

Offering comprehensive and leading-edge services provides our patients with the best in diagnosis and management of head and neck disorders.

[415] Top Doctors for Otolaryngology also include: Mark Courey, M.D. (Director, Division of Laryngology and Voice and Swallowing Center); Ivan El-Sayed, M.D., FACS (Co-Director, UCSF Center for Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery); Andrew Goldberg, M.D., MSCE, FACS (Director, Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery); Lawrence Lustig, M.D., FACS (Director, Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery); Anna Meyer, M.D., FAAP (Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology); Steven Pletcher, M.D. (Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery); Kristina Rosbe, M.D., FACS (Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology); Steven Wang, M.D., FACS (Division of Head and Neck and Endocrine Surgery) Pictured: Lisa Orloff, M.D., FACS* (Director, Head and Neck and Endocrine Surgery) P. Daniel Knott, M.D., FACS (Director, Facial Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery) For more information: 415.353.2757, ohns.ucsf.edu

Specialized and Integrated Care

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Kenneth Bermudez, M.D. Any successful aesthetic surgery is a blend of science a nd a r t.

Dr. Kenneth Bermudez, a highly experienced board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, works to not just meet but exceed patients’ goals. His exceptional skill in an array of procedures, including body contouring and facelift, let him deliver the best state-of-the-art care available. Trust, compassion and communication are key to the process, and this doctor truly listens, advising honestly on which treatments fit your needs. Always the aim is a balanced result that reduces signs of age and accentuates natural beauty to help people look and feel their best. He provides personalized care and is there with you every step, from first consultation to recovery, supported by a knowledgeable, friendly staff.

A Bay Area physician since 1992, Dr. Bermudez did his medical studies and surgical residencies at UCSF. He sees patients in an ideally located office and surgery center and has hospital privileges with California Pacific and Catholic Healthcare West.

525 Spruce Street San Francisco, CA 94118 415.668.2122

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

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World-Class Orthopaedics in Your Backyard The internationally recognized department of ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AT UCSF provides expert treatment for all aspects of musculoskeletal injuries, rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics. Our experienced physicians have specific training in a broad range of orthopaedic specialties such as sports medicine, trauma, joint replacement, pediatrics, oncology, spine, shoulder, elbow, foot, ankle, and hand. We are also recognized for patient care, education and research.

For our UCSF patients in the North Bay, we are pleased to offer expanded services in Greenbrae. In this convenient Marin location, we provide treatment in pediatric orthopaedics, sports medicine primary care, and spinal disorders, continuing UCSF’s pioneering multidisciplinary approach to clinical care, education and outreach.

Physicians work with patients to improve function and quality of life, tailoring treatment plans to individual needs.

Our Marin High School dedicated staff of certified athletic trainers and physicians provide high-quality sports medicine care and event coverage, as well as health education and advice to young athletes. By offering up-to-date information to students, coaches and parents, we strive to keep youth performing at their potential to achieve their goals both on the field and off.

Whether you live down Lucas Valley Road or Petaluma Valley Road, we’re bringing our expertise to your backyard so you can get back to your life!

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Sigurd Berven, M.D.* Serena Hu, M.D.* Thomas Vail, M.D.* Carlin Senter, M.D. Mohammed Diab, M.D.*

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• Comprehensive gynecology • Minimally invasive surgery • More than 450 advanced robotic laparoscopies Heidi Wittenberg, M.D., M.S., FACOG Director of Pelvic Medicine, Continence and Reconstructive Surgery, PGOMG Residency: Johns Hopkins Leslie Kardos, M.D., FACOG Chief of Gynecology, CPMC; Director of Gynecologic Robotic Surgery, CPMC Residency: Harbor UCLA Pictured (left to right): Heidi Wittenberg, M.D. Leslie Kardos, M.D.*

EXPERIENCE, COMPASSION, PROVEN RESULTS

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Laub Dermatology & Aesthetics David A. Laub, M.D., F.A.A.D. For two decades, Dr. Laub has provided excellence in medical and cosmetic dermatology care to all ages in Marin. A Harvard-trained, nationally recognized leader in his field, he is expert in pigmentation, rosacea, psoriasis, skin cancer, and noninvasive techniques to reverse signs of sun damage and aging. He offers Thermage™, IPL, fillers, Botox®, multiple lasers including Fraxel, and the new CoolSculpting™ to remove fat bulges. He has chaired the free skin cancer screening in Marin for the past 20 years.

Dr. Laub’s expertise is based on extensive training, experience, artistry and attention to detail. He chose dermatology after suffering his own skin problems in youth — and compassion is what drives his practice today: “We want everyone who comes to our office to feel comfortable and cared for. I feel very fortunate to be a dermatologist and love what I do. Seeing medical patients get better and the happy expression on cosmetic patients’ faces after a treatment brings satisfaction and joy.”

591 Redwood Hwy, Suite 2210 Mill Valley, CA 94941

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DEDICATED TO EXCELLENT AND COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGICAL CARE IN MARIN Neurologist and neuro-oncologist Ilkcan Cokgor, M.D., sees every type of brain-and-nerve-related problem in her San Anselmo clinic: headache, dementia, spine disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, stroke, seizure, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, Parkinson’s disease, thoracic outlet syndrome and more. Studies like EMG and neuropsychological testing and treatments like Botox for migraines and movement disorders are offered on site, so there’s no need for outside referral; all incorporate the latest cutting-edge research.

Born in Izmir, Turkey, Dr. Cokgor attended American medical school in Ankara and did her neurology residency at Duke University, where she was a neuro-oncology fellow and faculty member before moving to Marin in 2000. Besides daily clinic appointments from 8 to 5, she works closely with UCSF and area hospitals and covers her patients when they are admitted.

A solo practitioner, Dr. Cokgor takes pride in being fully available. “We are open during lunch and after hours. I am on call for my patients 24 hours. I check messages and answer questions even when I am on vacation.” Four staff members handle all administrative tasks and patient phone calls the same business day. “I love my job and my patients,” she adds. “My staff knows every patient and we are personally attached to all of them.”

Neurology Clinic of Marin Ilkcan Cokgor, M.D. 50 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA 94960 415.456.8180 neurologymarin.com Pictured (left to right): Brenda Cupul Marta Martinez Ilkcan Cokgor, M.D.* Leslie Arce Dreyana Carter.

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RUTH RUBIN, M.D., M.P.H. DR. RUTH RUBIN is a Board Certified Internist who has served in Marin County since 2000. She studied medicine at U.C. Davis and received her Masters in Public Health from U.C. Berkeley.

For close to 20 years, Dr. Rubin has served on the clinical faculty at UCSF. Dr. Rubin maintains a hybrid concierge practice, which allows her to see patients according to a traditional insurance model and to allocate time for concierge patients who prefer additional time, convenience and support.

Chloe is a hypoallergenic Maltese who has passed the American Kennel Club Good Citizen Test and has graduated from the Marin Humane Society SHARE program which trains dogs to volunteer in healthcare facilities.

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KATHRYN NAJAFI-TAGOL, M.D. EYE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, GLAUCOMA AND CATARACT SPECIALIST AS MARIN’S ONLY FELLOWSHIP-TRAINED, full-time glaucoma specialist, Kathryn Najafi-Tagol is unique among area eye physicians. A board-certified ophthalmologist, she launched her independent, state-of-the-art practice in 2004. From eye exams to treatment, she provides comprehensive care, with a staff of experienced optometrists, opticians and technicians and the latest equipment for diagnosing cataract, macular degeneration and more. An on-site optical boutique assures quality control so patients get the highestquality lenses and fashion frames available.

Specializing in laser and microsurgery, Dr. Najafi-Tagol is also a clinical instructor at California Pacific Medical Center, a longtime volunteer physician with EyeCare America, and a scientist involved in research on new drugs for currently untreatable conditions. While gratified to be performing sophisticated multifocal lens implant surgery that enables patients to see without glasses — “far and up close, often for the first time” — she’s a big believer in prevention. “Studies show half of people with glaucoma are unaware of this potentially blinding condition. Annual screening and early detection are key to keeping one’s eyesight bright.”

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Nationally Recognized Neurosurgical Care UCSF’s Department of Neurological Surgery is home to some of the country’s leading physicians and research scientists, offering Bay Area residents a nationally recognized neurosurgery center in their own backyard.

Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the best neurology and neurosurgery programs in the country and the best on the West Coast, we provide the full gamut of neurosurgery services for Bay Area patients.

505 Parnassus Avenue, M-779 San Francisco, CA 94143 • 415.353.7500

The most advanced, evidence-based treatments for neurosurgical disorders – brain tumors, aneurysms, pituitary tumors, spinal disorders, brain and spinal cord injury, movement disorders and more – are available for both adults and children.

Front row, (left to right): Keith Quattrocchi M.D., Ph.D., Michael Huang M.D.*, Vincent Wang M.D., Ph.D., Shirley Stiver M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Clarke M.D., Kurtis Auguste M.D., Michel Kliot M.D., Daniel Lim M.D., Ph.D., Christopher Ames M.D., Nicholas Butowski M.D. Second row, (left to right): Philip Weinstein M.D.*, Susan Chang M.D., Manish Aghi M.D.*, Ph.D., Nalin Gupta M.D.*, Ph.D., Edward Chang M.D., Andrew Parsa M.D.*, Ph.D., Philip Starr M.D., Ph.D., Paul Larson M.D., Tarun Arora M.D.* Third row, (left to right): Michael Lawton M.D.*, Geoffrey Manley M.D., Ph.D., Dean Chou M.D., Peter Sun M.D., Michael McDermott M.D.*, Lewis Blevins Jr. M.D.*, Mitchel Berger M.D. Not pictured: Anuradha Banerjee M.D., Sandeep Kunwar M.D., Praveen Mummaneni M.D.*, Michael Prados, Caroline Racine Ph.D., Archimedes Ramirez M.D., Ronald Shallat M.D., Jeffrey Yablon M.D.

Two full-time neurosurgeons in our Marin clinic seamlessly coordinate state-of-the-art treatment with patients’ local medical care. “Our top-quality expertise is matched by an unwavering commitment to safety and compassion for patients,” says department chairman Mitchel S. Berger, M.D. “We provide superb care and attention and make sure both patients and their families are well taken care of.”

1300 S. Eliseo Drive, Suite 204 Greenbrae, CA 94904 • 415.514.6868 neurosurgery.ucsf.edu

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t h e l at e st lo c a l t r av e l d e a l s a n d g e taways plu s j o u r n e ys a ro u n d t h e g lo b e Cal-a-Vie offers immersive health and wellness programs in Vista, California.

Serenity in SoCal

A spa editor finds rest, relaxation and solitude imported from France.

By Julie Sinclair

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getaway isn’t revealed until you’ve arrived. This was the case for me on a four-day fall retreat at the destination spa Cal-a-Vie, about an hour’s drive north of the San Diego airport.

As far as I was concerned, I was heading south for a quick fitness tune-up and a bit of warmth. Having been a spa-magazine editor for quite a few years, I was familiar with Cal-a-Vie’s full-immersion wellness program of exercise, treatments and healthy cuisine. You begin the day with a 6 a.m. hike through chaparral-covered rolling hills, spend four hours before noon in fitness classes, use the afternoon to wind down in mind/body classes or in a spa treatment room and end the day with a healthy meal — perfect

for my goal of losing a few pounds while getting some restorative nutrition.

First Impressions

After a driver greeted me at the San Diego airport with my name on a sign (transportation to and from the airport is included in the cost of the stay), we departed on the hour’s drive to the spa.

As we progressed farther inland, my focus was pulled from checking email on my iPhone to the beautiful rolling hills we were driving through.

I was aware that the Golden Door — one of the first destination spas in the U.S., built in 1958 — is less than 10 miles away from Cal-a-Vie and that the inland, warm, dry climate is likely one of the reasons the spas were located here.

As we pulled onto the Cal-a-Vie property and drove over what looked to be a very

old bridge (the driver told me it had been shipped from France), we passed several Mediterranean-style cottages with terracotta roofs, shutters and window boxes overflowing with flowers. I felt as if I were in the Provençal countryside.

I had read that Cal-a-Vie’s proprietors, Terri and John Havens, were Francophiles, and I could now understand why the couple, after purchasing a week at the spa through a charity auction in 1998 (the property has been open since 1986), was drawn to buy it. Since then, they’ve invested $10 million in refurbishing and redecorating, bringing furnishing and fixtures — many of them antique — here from their annual excursions to France.

After I checked in at the living-room-like reception area, the desk attendant suggested

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and laundered (along with any other clothes I wanted washed). I hadn’t seen many other guests yet (there are only 32 villas and fewer than 40 guests at any one time), but those I had seen were not wearing the exercise clothes from Cal-a-Vie; they were wearing their own form-fitting, body-complementing togs they’d brought from home, perhaps because it was coed week. I decided to do the same during my stay. The villa was large (400 square feet), luxurious (Frette linens and robes) and decorated with handcrafted antique French country furniture. It also had a deep soaking tub and a private sundeck.

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I have lunch while my bag was delivered to my room. She walked me over to the dining area, and I sat with two women outside on the patio (lunch can be served either indoors or out). Having been at several destination spas before, I knew it was common to ask to join others and mix and mingle in general.

Although it was November, the day was sunny and warm. Flowers were blooming, and I could hear the trickling of a stream. The women, in their 50s and very fit, wore trendy exercise garb and were discussing which classes they had taken that morning.

Having seen the Cal-a-Vie cookbook by executive chef Jason Graham, I was looking forward to trying the fare firsthand.

Graham creates low-fat, low-sodium dishes that focus on whole grains, legumes, locally

sourced fresh vegetables and fruit supplemented with lean animal protein. Lunch — grilled salmon on a wild rice blend covered in a tasty sauce — was great.

I had filled out a questionnaire before arriving, and the gluten-free diet I requested was attended to seamlessly throughout the stay. The food was anything but bland: huevos rancheros for breakfast; chicken salad with roasted corn and black beans for lunch; sea bass over curried risotto for dinner. The agave-syrup-sweetened desserts were incredible.

After lunch, I was escorted to my villa, where my bags awaited. Two sets of spaprovided exercise clothes were also there for my use, and the attendant who showed me to my room told me they’d be replaced daily

Next up: my appointment with a wellness consultant to create my customized program. I grabbed the property map and headed to her office. We determined that my fitness goals were to stretch and tone, so my suggested fitness schedule avoided some of the more hard-core classes, such as H.E.A.T. (High-Endurance Athletic Training) and Tread and Shed (a guided group treadmill workout), and instead included less intense workouts like Stability Ball Strength, Stretch and Chakra Yoga.

After my first class, Chakra Yoga, I had a massage. That night I decided to have a silent dinner in my room, took a bath and went to bed. It was blissful. I was already starting to unwind, and I had not even been here half a day.

While I’d intended to take the sunrise group hike through the hills surrounding the 200-acre property the next morning, when the alarm clock rang I turned it off and slept in. The quiet solo meal the night before had unlocked an awareness that, more than fitness, what I really needed was solitude — a space to connect with my spirit. But my ego was still burning with a desire to burn calories, so I attended the morning spinning class.

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This photo: A 400-year-old chapel was imported from France. Below: A view of the grounds.

Cal-a-Vie Calendar: Upcoming Themed Weeks February 24: Mother/Daughter Week April 28: Culinary Week may 5: Booty Barre June 16: Women-Only, Mom and Teen Week June 21: Women-Only, Mother/Daughter Yoga Week august 18: Life Coach Martin Smith September 22: Tennis, Kris Kluis

encounter any. To my surprise, actress Valerie Bertinelli was on the bike next to me in class.

(I found out later she was there to get in shape for the next season’s taping of the television series Hot in Cleveland.)

What finally led to some profound healing moments for me: first, the heated outdoor Olympic-length saline pool — which I had completely to myself each time I swam — followed by a visit to the 400-year-old chapel that the Havenses brought in, stone by stone, from France.

The chapel was about a 10-minute walk from my villa, and one afternoon I decided to check it out. The closer I got, the more stunningly beautiful the stone building appeared.

Rosebushes lined the path leading up to foot-thick, ground-to-ceiling wooden doors.

I reached down to gingerly pull what looked to be the original door handle. The door was unlocked, and it opened. No one was inside.

I stepped in and was at once transported to Dijon, France. It was as if I could feel the ghosts of those who sat in the pews 400 years ago. First I just stood there, looking around in awe. Then, because I could, I walked up to the pulpit, imagining what it must have been like to stand there as minister of a congregation. Then, like a Quaker, I sat, in silence, for about an hour on a wooden bench, focusing on nothing but my breath as my retinas soaked in the rich, various hues of the stained-glass

windows. Something shifted. I’d finally found what I truly needed — stillness — and I was able to hang out in that space for a full hour, completely at peace.

The day I was leaving, celebrity hairstylist Sam Brocato and his crew arrived for Beauty Week. I chatted with him and his crew during breakfast. I left the San Diego airport at 1:35 p.m. and arrived home in time to unpack and start thinking about the workweek ahead.

I’d wanted to lose a few pounds on this trip, and I did. But what I gained — an ability to connect with and fully appreciate an inner stillness and peace — was more valuable by far. m

Book It Destination spas are inclusive, meaning all meals, accommodations, fitness classes and evening seminars are part of the package. Unlike some others, Cala-Vie also includes three spa treatments each day. Seven-night stays ($8,595), the “standard” length for a destination spa, are Sunday through Sunday; “La Petite” four-night stays ($5,595) are Wednesday through Sunday; and three-night stays ($4,195) are Sunday through Wednesday.

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International travel can be intimidating, especially if you’re staying someplace unfamiliar. These new locations of universally recognized hotels offer the comforting reliability of a home away from home. SOPHIE SHULMAN

Tokyo, Japan: Palace Hotel

Rebuilt from the ground up and opened in May 2012, this 290-room hotel offers luxurious decor, stylish amenities, an Evian spa, views of the Imperial Palace gardens, and renowned chefs directing an international roster of restaurants — Japanese, Chinese and French menus (among others) make this a destination for food lovers. The Palace Lounge is a hot spot for cocktails or Japanese-style afternoon tea, complete with fireplace and music from a grand white Steinway. palacehoteltokyo.com

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Da Nang, Vietnam: InterContinental

The InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort officially opened last June. Situated on a private bay, the hotel has 197 rooms, suites and beachfront villas with panoramic views of the surrounding rain forest and the East Sea. Three-star Michelin chef Michael Roux heads the French restaurant La Maison 1888. Entertainment and recreation options include a kids’ club; there’s also a spa and ample meeting space. Designer and architect Bill Bensley incorporated earthy colors and Vietnamese-inspired decor to create a glamorous retreat. danang.intercontinental.com

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Hard Rock Hotel

This beachfront property opened last August as one of four all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotels. With four restaurants featuring specialty cuisines, two large outdoor swimming pools, two outdoor Jacuzzis, a children’s pool, a dive pool, sports courts, a golf course, a spa, a fitness center, a beauty salon and nightly theme parties at an outdoor amphitheater, this Hard Rock is easy to love. hardrockhotels.com

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Marin Invades Terminal 2 Next time you’re flying out of town, before you go, grab a piece of Marin at a market that foodies on

Yelp are saying has “the best airport food they’ve ever had.” Napa Farms Market at SFO’s Terminal 2 (which looks like a mini Ferry Building and even was designed by the same architect) features a host of Marin-based suppliers providing what they call Farm to Flight food. San Anselmo’s Michael Levine, CEO of Tastes on the Fly, the company behind the market, says, “We are trending 30 percent above projections after just our first year of operation and intend to open more Napa Farms Markets in other airports and select street locations nationwide.” MELISSA GARDNER WHITE

Look for these familiar Marin delicacies in Napa Farms Market: • Lydia’s Organics offers several raw, vegan and gluten-free items including health bars, kale chips and granola. The founder is Lydia Kindheart, a longtime Fairfax resident with a kitchen on Bolinas Road. lydiasorganics.com • CC Made Founder Cassandra Chen of Mill Valley personally delivers her products, made in San Anselmo, to the airport, including her artisan caramel corn, handmade caramels and chocolate sauces. ccmade.com • Tyler Florence The famous Mill Valley resident and restaurant chef/owner of El Paseo provides rotisserie chicken, mac ‘n’ cheese, seasonal salads and specialty dishes. Florence often stops by the market when en route to the sets of his Food Network cooking shows. tylerflorence.com • Rustic Bakery This Larkspur-based company features organic flatbreads, lavash, cheese coins and cookies. rusticbakery.com • Equator Coffees The San Rafael specialty coffee roaster founded by Helen Russell and Brooke

McDonnell offers its only retail coffee bar (to date) and serves organic Fair Trade blends and individual pour-overs. The coffee beans are sold at Whole Foods and many other markets and are the coffee of choice for top restaurateurs like Thomas Keller, Traci Des Jardins and Elizabeth Falkner. equatorcoffees.com • Mighty Leaf Teas Organic and sustainable teas from San Rafael. Both hot and specialty iced teas with fresh fruit are sold. The founders and husband-and-wife team of Gary Shinner and Jill Portman run the show. mightyleaf.com

Rocky Mountain High For 95 years, the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs has served as the stomping grounds for a long roster of highprofile guests such as former presidents as well as Hollywood starlets. With a $60 million revamp almost complete, the grand plan for the 3,000-acre property includes an expansion of the on-site pub The Golden Bee and a new activity center replete with a bowling alley and billiards, all set to debut in April. But don’t worry: guest rooms won’t be neglected either. Rates start at $250. broad moor.com JENNIE NUNN

• Somersault Snack Co. A Sausalito-based natural snack company specializing in the power of the seed. somersaultsnackco.com • Navitas Naturals This Novato-based company makes and distributes organic superfoods such as chia seeds, goji berries, power trail mixes and more. navitasnaturals.com • Cowgirl Creamery Everyone’s favorite local cheese is also available at the market. cowgirl creamery.com

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Amsterdam Canals, cannabis and culture mix in a historic city that’s as current as tomorrow. story by Jim and Nikki Wood

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bicycles,” our guide Willem sternly advises as we step out of Hotel Vondel — a quaint establishment located in seven early-1900s mansions on the outer rim of Amsterdam’s bustling city center. Conveniently located within walking distance to museums, public transportation, shopping, restaurants and Vondelpark, this boutique hotel has its own cozy restaurant and bar. For the four days we were there, it was a warm and welcome home base after spending several hours touring the city each day.

And Willem was right — bikes are everywhere and in Amsterdam they rule the road. Here bikes have designated lanes and traffic signals, they outnumber cars and they can easily (and legally) run over you if you don’t yield the right-of-way.

Wanting to experience a cycle-centric culture was one reason we were in Amsterdam. Another was curiosity about this permissive society where marijuana is sold in coffeehouses and prostitutes are allowed to solicit in storefronts. When we inquired about such activities, once again our guide Willem had a succinct response: “We allow them,” he said, “so we can control them.”

Yes, prostitution is legal and yes, it’s controlled. The Red Light District is clearly marked on tourist maps as just another attraction and is only three blocks from the Amsterdam Centraal railway station. Here’s how it goes: One minute you are window-shopping for a camera or a computer, then suddenly you’re looking at a blonde wearing lingerie in the glow of red lights. That’s basically all you’ll see for the next four or five blocks — blondes, brunettes, slim girls, plump girls, some with tattoos, most young, a few older. It is mostly the tourists who guffaw and giggle. Meanwhile, the locals — many of them families out shopping — treat the scene like business as usual, which for them it is.

In countless ways, Amsterdam and its 784,000 people are fascinating. We visited before the recent law banning coffeehouses from selling marijuana to foreigners took effect. When we were there, the practice didn’t appear to be a problem. It could have been because inside the coffeehouses, along with a wide assortment of cannabis products like joints, candies, cookies and brownies, only fruit juices and coffee are sold. Alcohol in any and all forms is strictly prohibited in the coffeehouses. And never in Amsterdam did we see, or smell, anyone on the street smoking a joint. That could be one aspect of what Willem meant by allowing vice in order to control it.

The reality is that Amsterdam — and all of the Netherlands — has a history of tolerance. In the Middle Ages, so stories go, people who lived behind dikes — below sea level — had to accommodate one another’s differences when facing the constant danger of flooding. And in the 18th century, although the Dutch Reformed Church was the official state religious denomination, Catholicism and Judaism were not only tolerated but welcomed.

In 2001, the Netherlands — Amsterdam is its capital, though the government is located at The Hague — became the first country in the world to legalize samesex marriage. Moreover, for years, euthanasia has been lawfully practiced, and state-supplied sex education and contraception have been available to both genders starting at age 12. (A BBC documentary we happened to catch in our hotel room claimed the Dutch have the world’s lowest rates of abortion and unwanted

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pregnancy.) “About the only thing this nation does not tolerate,” quips our guide Willem with a wry smile, “is intolerance.”

Exploring at a modest pace, we found, Amsterdam to be a very manageable and inviting city. Clean and quiet electric trams glide along cobblestone streets connecting all major museums, shopping districts, the zoo, the floating flower market, the public urban oasis Vondelpark, hotels, restaurants and the train station.

Then there’s the Stop/Go, small buses with big windows that crisscross the entire central area, picking you up and letting you off almost whenever you chose — just a nod to the driver seemed to work for us. A more romantic, less hurried way to go is the Canal-Bus: boats that circulate throughout the city’s famous system of waterways built in the 1500s, with 24-hour passes available. “Just hop off where there’s something you want to see,” the skipper shouted to us in clear English.

“Then jump back on when I float back by.” We were sure he meant after he’d put into a docking platform.

And trust us, there’s plenty to see in Amsterdam. When it came to picking a favorite site, we were split between two excellent museums. One favored the newer Van Gogh Museum; the other the venerable Rijksmuseum, which features some 400 works from Dutch masters like Rembrandt and Vermeer. Visiting both museums — they’re adjacent — took most of an afternoon and we could have gone back for more. Each offered self-guided audio tours in English that were enlightening, informative and entertaining.

Also on our list was the Anne Frank House, including the immortal red-andgreen-checked diary and a peek into the attic where the young girl and her family hid from the Nazis for two years. However, the lines were long and slow-moving, so we took in the amazing floating flower market, had a delicious late lunch at Cafe Walem and walked back to our hotel though the 120-acre Vondelpark.

On our last day in Amsterdam we found Westerkerk, an iconic 17th-century Dutch Reformed church and site of the unmarked grave of the artist Rembrandt van Rijn. We also discovered the highest church tower in Amsterdam here, a 279-foot spire known as the Westertoren that famously sways in the wind. Up the many stairs we went.

if you go KLM Royal Dutch Airline Daily nonstop flights just over 10 hours long from SFO from $958 economy class. 866.434.0320, klm.com Hotel Vondel A boutique hotel composed of seven former upscale homes, from $175 USD. Near museums, city center and Vondelpark. hotelvondel.nl, vondelhotels.com Hotel de l’Europe Central Amstel River location, from $475 USD. New Dutch Masters suite features art from Rijksmuseum. leurope.nl Canal House Newer, with only 23 rooms, from $276 USD. Chic, romantic, with restaurant facing a private garden. canalhouse.nl Ambassade Hotel Central location with spectacular top-floor views, from $260 USD. Frequented by authors, has a fine library. ambassade-hotel.nl

Back on the street, a plaque told us we were in the Jordaan, an old bohemian working-class neighborhood famous for its Noordermarkt (North Market), a sprawling square featuring a regular Saturday farmers’ market and Monday swap meet. Fortuitously, it was Monday, and we saw colorful Indian saris, art books, clever toy cars, painted ceramic tiles, antique birdcages and used bikes by the dozens. As we’d made a vow to travel light, all we did was seriously browse.

After a quick stop at the Houseboat Museum, which we found quite cramped, we rounded a corner and stumbled upon Cafe ’t Smalle, a twostory place with outdoor seating. Once inside we learned that its walls were cocoa-colored from a patina of smoke and age — the structure was built in 1787. We snagged a canal-side table and checked out the traditional appetizer fare — tostis (toasted sandwiches), bitterballen (savory meatballs), broodjes (sandwiches) and vleess en kaas schaal. We ordered the latter, a veggie, meat and cheese platter that was quite delicious.

After washing it all down with, what else, a pair of ice-cold Heinekens, we noticed the menu featured wines from a place called the Napa Valley. Which served to remind us … it was time to start packing. Four days in Amsterdam was barely enough for an introduction. The city combines canals, commerce, culture and, yes, cannabis, in a creative yet comfortable manner.

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THEATER Thru FEB 3 Troublemaker, or The Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright A story set in working-class Rhode Island about a group of boys and their nemesis. Roda Theatre (Berkeley).

510.647.2749, berkeleyrep.org Thru FEB 9 Risk Is This … The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival A series of plays that push the boundaries of theater.

Cutting Ball Theater (SF). 415.525.1205, cuttingball.com Thru FEB 10 4000 Miles A comic drama about a young man and his grandmother.

American Conservatory Theater (SF).

415.749.2228, act-sf.org Thru FEB 17 Pack of Lies A tale about espionage during the Cold War, based on a true story. The Barn Theatre (Ross). 415.456.9555, rossvalleyplayers.com Thru FEB 17 Waiting for Godot Marin Theatre Company’s take on the 20th century classic. Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley). 415.388.5208, marintheatre.org

Theater FEB 27–MAR 3 Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream Popular Disney characters come to live in an iceskating show. Coliseum (Oakland). 510.569.2121, coliseum.com

Thru FEB 17 The Wild Bride A dark fairytale for adults. Roda Theatre (Berkeley).

510.647.2949, berkeleyrep.org

FEB 1–2 Cold Virtues A Smuin Ballet performance with popular songs by Trey McIntyre and the Shins. Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek). 415.912.1899, smuinballet.org FEB 14–MAR 10 Steel Magnolias A tale of friendship and trust set in the South. Novato Theater Company Playhouse (Novato).

415.883.4498, novato theatercompany.org FEB 26–MAR 3 Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth A one-man show about the life and mind of one of the most feared men ever to wear the heavyweight crown, directed by Spike Lee. Orpheum Theatre (SF). 888.746.1799, shnsf.com

DANCE ONGOING Israeli Folk Dancing Learn dances that combine Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Latin and African traditions inspired by the ambience of Israeli festivals.

Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael). 415.444.8000, marinjcc.org Thru FEB 3 Suite en Blanc A world premiere by Wayne McGregor and the San Francisco Ballet. War Memorial Opera House (SF). 415.865.2000, sfballet.org

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FEB 17 Cinderella Russian National Ballet’s rendition of the classic tale. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.473.6400, marincounty.org FEB 22 Pilobolus Dance Theatre A dance group founded at Dartmouth College in 1971 featuring acrobatic and unusual dance moves. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.473.6400, marincounty.org

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Comedy Tuesdays Mark Pitta and Friends The comic hosts an evening for up-and-comers and established headliners. 142 Throckmorton Theatre (Mill Valley).

415.383.9600, 142throckmorton theatre.com FEB 9 Whose Live Anyway Improvised comedy and song based on audience suggestions, featuring Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Chip Esten and Jeff B. Davis. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.473.6400, marincounty.org FEB 16 George Lopez A stand-up routine by the comedian, entertainer and host of Lopez Tonight. The Warfield (SF). 415.345.0900, goldenvoice.com

A Family Valentine!

The joy of the Marin Symphony’s annual Family Concert is undeniable. Specially designed to introduce children to the wonders of a live symphonic concert, the program is part performance, part family outing and exceptionally fun. It’s the ideal place to bring your family together and pass on the Symphony tradition from one generation to the next.

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FEB 13–19 Hamburg Ballet in Nijinsky A performance based on the tumultuous life of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. War Memorial Opera House (SF). 415.865.2000, sfballet.org

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PROGRAM Berlioz Le corsaire Overture Berlioz Harold in Italy (excerpts) Telemann Viola Concerto featuring the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra viola section Doyle Music from Brave Ann Krinitsky, conducting

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MUSIC Tuesdays Swing Fever The band pays tribute to jazz artists and composers with selections from its roster of more than 1,000 tunes, every first and third Tuesday.

Panama Hotel (San Rafael). 415.457.3993, panamahotel.com FEB 1 Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers A performance by the local rock and country musician. Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley).

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FEB 1 Celebrating Gershwin A performance by Dan Hicks, Kim Nalley and Paula West. SFJazz Center (SF). 866.920.5299, sfjazz.org FEB 2 Chinese New Year Concert and Celebration A family event with a mix of music and instruments in a fusion of East and West, featuring Asian dancers, Chinese calligraphers and more.

Davies Symphony Hall (SF). 415.864.6000, sfsymphony.org FEB 3 Music of the Spheres A performance

of French baroque music presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society. St Mark’s Lutheran Church (SF).

510.258.1725, sfems.org FEB 4 Cool Music — Clear Water The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performs a program of music inspired by water, featuring George Crumb’s "Voice of the Whale" and more.

Conservatory of Music (SF). 415.617.5223, leftcoastensemble.org FEB 9 Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips The duo perform original

compositions and cover songs against a backdrop of 13 silent black-and-white Andy Warhol screen tests.

Jewish Community Center (SF).

415.292.1233, jccsf.org

FEB 14 Delta Rae and ZZ Ward The alt-pop band and American singer make a stop on the Fire and Shine Tour. Great American Music Hall (SF). slimspresents.com

FEB 15 Jake Shimabukuro The Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso takes the stage.

Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.473.6400, marincounty.org

FEB 10 Family Concert Join the Marin Symphony for an afternoon of live music designed to introduce children to the symphonic concert experience.

Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.499.6800, marinsymphony.org

FEB 14–15 Kliptown Youth Program Celebration A performance by representatives from the Kliptown Youth Program of South Africa, with songs, drumming and dancing.

RSVP required. Saint Mark’s School (San Rafael). 415.472.8000, saintmarksschool.org

FEB 16 David Lindley The multi-instrumentalist treats fans to an intimate solo concert.

Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael). 415.389.5072, murphyproductions. com FEB 18 Pink The popular singer/songwriter performs her current and past hits. HP

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FEB 21 Adrian Legg The award-winning solo guitarist strums a few songs. 142 Throckmorton Theatre (Mill Valley).

415.383.9600, 142throckmorton theatre.com FEB 21–24 Afro-Cuban All Stars The multigenerational band draws on both classic Cuban styles and contemporary dance rhythms.

SFJazz Center (SF).

866.920.5299, sfjazz.org FEB 23 Paco Pena Flamenco Vivo See the guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer, playing guitar since age 6. Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.473.6400, marincounty.org

GALLERIES MARIN Art Abloom Studio and Gallery Oil paintings by Gabriella Spina Drake and classes for artists. 751 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. 415.256.1112, artabloom.com Art Works Downtown Shadows Art by Kay Russell, Patricia Ancona and Claudia Tarantino, through March 22.

1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.451.8119, artworksdowntown.org Bubble Street Featuring genres of fantastic art, imaginary realism, neo-Victorian and steampunk. 565 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.339.0506 Falkirk Cultural Center Works by BayWood artists, a group dedicated to

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After Breakfast He Put on His Snowsuit and Ran Outside by Ezra Jack Keats at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F.

painting and preserving Marin’s natural landscape, through March 9.

1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3436, falkirkculturalcenter.org Fine Art Etc. Featuring a collection of sculptures and paintings by artists from Northern California and around the world.

686 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1107, fineartetc.com Gallery Bergelli About Larkspur Paintings by Bryn Craig, through March 5. A portion of the sales will be donated to the Lark Theater.

483 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.945.9454, bergelli.com Gallery Route One Out of the Blue Annual juried show, through February 3. 11101 Hwy One, Point Reyes Station. 415.663.1347, galleryrouteone.org Marin Society of Artists High school show. 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 415.454.9561, marinsocietyofartists.org

Mona Lease Gallery The Leasing Inventory. 39 Greenbrae Boardwalk, Greenbrae. 415.461.3718, monalease.net O’Hanlon Center for the Arts BOLD A mixed-media group juried show. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331, ohanloncenter.org Robert Allen Fine Art Abstract Works on Canvas A group exhibition featuring art

by Suzie Buccholtz, Heather Gordon, Michael Moon and others, through March.

301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800, robertallenfineart.com Robert Green Fine Arts New desert and Marin landscape work

by James Shay. 154 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.381.8776, rgfinearts.com Room Art Gallery Art

by Peter Foucault. 86 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.747.8139, roomartgallery.com

Smith Andersen North Photography by Klea McKenna, through March 23. 20 Greenfield Ave, San Anselmo.

415.455.9733, smith andersennorth.com Studio 333 Ongoing exhibition featuring more than 40 Bay Area artists’ work in different mediums.

333A Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.8272, studio333.info Studio 4 Art Work by local artists; classes and workshops with materials included.

1133 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.596.5546, studio4art.net

San Francisco ArtHaus California Impressions A group exhibition featuring works by Carolyn Meyer, Matthew Frederick, Daniel Berman, Brian Blood and Deborah Brown, through March. 411 Brannan St, 415.977.0223, arthaus-sf.com

Berggruen Gallery Photography by Taryn Simon. 228 Grant Ave, 415.781.4629, berggruen.com Caldwell Snyder Art by Deladier Almeida. 341 Sutter St, 415.392.2299, caldwellsnyder.com Gregory Lind Gallery Neues Bauen Art

by Eamon O’Kane, through February 16. 49 Geary St, 415.296.9661, gregorylindgallery.com Rena Bransten Gallery Art by Bovey Lee and Sam Perry, through March 9. 77 Geary St, 415.982.3292, rena branstengallery.com

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Bolinas Museum A Delicate Imbalance Featuring the work of Carl Dern (Bolinas).

415.868.0330, bolinasmuseum.org Marin History Museum Justice and Judgment Three-part exhibition about Marin’s law enforcement

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and judicial system, through June (San Rafael). 415.454.8538, marinhistory.org Marin Museum of the American Indian Explore Native American history, languages, art and traditions (Novato).

415.897.4064, marinindian.com Marin Museum of Contemporary Art State of Mind MarinMOCA artist members’ exhibition, through February 24 (Novato). 415.506.0137, marinmoca.org

BAY AREA California Academy of Sciences Nightlife Enjoy music, creatures and cocktails for adults only and take some time to explore the exhibits and aquarium displays every Thursday night (SF). 415.379.8000, calacademy.org

Conservatory of Flowers Boomtown: The Barbary Coast A garden railway exhibition celebrating San Francisco’s Gold Rush boomtown era and Barbary Coast neighborhood, through April 14 (SF).

415.831.2090, conserv atoryofflowers.org Contemporary Jewish Museum The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats A tribute to awardwinning children’s book author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats, through February 24 (SF). 415.655.7800, thecjm.org

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de Young Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis A collection of paintings from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis at The Hague, through June (SF). 415.750.3600, deyoung.famsf.org

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• THRu JUNE SFMOMA Lebbeus Woods, Architect Work presenting shifts, cycles and repetitions within the built environment, through June (SF).

415.357.4000, sfmoma.org Inhabiting the Quake, Quake City by Lebbeus Woods

Exploratorium Ongoing interactive exhibits exploring science, art and human perception (SF). 415.397.5673, exploratorium.edu Legion of Honor Artful Animals A portrait of the animal world, represented in an array of cultures, artistic styles and media, through April (SF). 415.750.3600, legionofhonor.org Oakland Museum of California we/customize A showcase of customized objects as part of artistic and personal expression, through May (Oakland).

510.318.8400, museumca.org San Francisco Botanical Garden Annual Magnolia Bloom A display of 100 rare and historic magnolias, through March

(SF). 415.661.1316, sfbotanicalgarden.org The Walt Disney Family Museum Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic Featuring more than 200 works of conceptual art, model sheets, layouts and animations, through April 14 (SF). 415.345.6800, waltdisney.org Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Without Reality There Is No Utopia An examination of false narratives that masquerade as truth, including the collapse of Communism in the 1980s and the current financial crisis, through June (SF). 415.978.2787, ybca.org

EVENTS FEB 2 Dinosaur Petting Zoo An interactive event with lifelike puppets that come to life.

Jewish Community Center (SF).

415.292.1233, jccsf.org FEB 7 Valentine Wine Walk A Union Street festival featuring wine samples, finger foods and special treats. Union St (SF). 800.310.6563, sresproductions.com FEB 9 Marin Valentine’s Ball Enjoy a New Orleans theme at this annual ball benefiting charitable organizations in Marin.

Exhibit Hall (San Rafael). 415.883.6222, marinvalentinesball.org FEB 14 The Eternity Ball A black-tie gala celebrating Valentine’s Day and benefiting USO Bay Area. Fort Mason Center (SF). eternityball.com FEB 15–17 California International Antiquarian Book Fair

The world’s largest antiquarian book fair features more than 200 booksellers from around the world.

Includes manuscripts, maps, illustrated books and more. Concourse Exhibition Center (SF). 415.962.2500, cabookfair.com FEB 16 S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition Tasting The largest competition of American wines in the world. Fort Mason (SF). 650.548.6700, winejudging.com FEB 16–17 Garden Art Fundraiser The first annual event will feature a display of functional birdhouses made by artists to benefit the Dance Palace. Point Reyes Station (Point Reyes). 415.663.1075, dancepalace.org

FEB 21–24 Pacific Orchid Exposition More than 150,000 unique orchids from across the globe are the focus of this 61st annual expo.

Fort Mason Center (SF). orchidsan francisco.org FEB 23–24 Marin Show: Art of the Americas Indigenous arts from across North, Central and South America, including jewelry, textiles, pottery and more. Exhibit Hall (San Rafael). 310.822.9145, marinshow.com FEB 24 Awards Night at The Lark Watch the Academy Awards on the big screen while enjoying a costume contest, auction, food and beverages. The Lark Theater (Larkspur).

415.924.5111, larktheater.net

Film FEB 5 The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia Local filmmaker James Redford documents the experience of dyslexic students.

Allaire School (Corte Madera). 415.927.2640, allaire-school.org

NATURE WALKS & TALKS ONGOING The San Francisco Gourmet Chocolate Tour A threehour walking tour from the San Francisco waterfront to Union Square, with seven stops and generous tastings at each. Justin Herman Plaza (SF). gourmetwalks.com ONGOING Foodie Adventures Experience the Mission District, North Beach or Chinatown on a culinary walking tour.

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ONGOING Mark Twain Walking Tour of Napa and Sonoma Local actor George Webber morphs into Mark Twain as he brings alive the pasts of the historic towns. 707.694.5097, georgewebber.com

FEB 4 Jeb Bush The governor and business, economic, education and health care reformer addresses challenges facing America today.

Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 650.340.7004, speakerseries.net

ONGOING Sausalito Walking Tours Take a one-hour walk through Old Town and learn about its history. Vina del Mar Plaza (Sausalito).

415.331.3791, travelswithteri.com FEB 2 WildCare Family Adventures Explore Las Gallinas Ponds and learn about waterfowl.

Las Gallinas Ponds (San Rafael).

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FEB 12 Al Gore The former Vice President discusses politics, the Climate Reality Project and his other endeavors. Herbst Theatre (SF). 415.392.4400, cityarts.net FEB 13 Jamaica Kincaid The author talks about her published works. Herbst Theatre (SF). 415.392.4400, cityarts.net

FEB 20 Marin Scuba Club Seabirds in Our Sanctuaries A talk with Karen Carlson from the Seabird Protection Network. Saylor’s Restaurant (Sausalito). marinscuba.org FEB 22 Madeleine K. Albright The former U.S. Secretary of State talks about growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. Fairmont Hotel (SF). 415.597.6700, commonwealthclub.org FEB 27 The Brilliance of Sleep with Matt Walker The researcher at UC Berkeley discusses compelling findings about sleep. Herbst Theatre (SF). 415.392.4400, cityarts.net

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contemporary and a little coastal and provide a one-of-a-kind experience where you can custom-design upholstered goods and case goods. Right

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president/director/head teacher at Allaire School

when knowledge was bestowed upon me.

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help me show students that learning can be fun and help form the building

learning disabilities, ADHD and/or

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become independent learners by

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and focus skills.

recognized as intelligent and are thrilled to finally succeed.

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their homes and one replied, “My mom thinks she makes the rules but my

productivity skills.

dad thinks he does.”

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Our ideal student has average to above-average intelligence, is well

My mother, because she is a highly organized, frugal Yankee who taught by

adjusted socially, is gifted in some area and has a discrepant learning style,

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and facing the consequences.

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Blue Barn Gourmet American The first Marin outpost of the S.F.–based Sustainable Restaurant Group, Blue Barn Gourmet has proven to be very popular since opening in October 2012.

The menu consists of customizable salads, toasted sandwiches, soups and more prepared with locally harvested produce and proteins. 335 Corte Madera Town Center, 415.927.1104, bluebarn gourmet.com

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Boca Pizzeria Italian Good luck getting a seat at this new indooroutdoor family-friendly pizzeria in the Village at Corte Madera.

Owners Shah Bahreyni and Sam Ramadan’s 142-seat eatery features Neapolitan-style pizza topped with imported San Marzano tomatoes and fresh house-made mozzarella. 1544 Redwood Hwy, 415.924.3021, bocapizzeria.com

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opened this waterfront restaurant and music venue serving fresh food and local talent. Veteran chef Chris Hernandez prepares salads, savory dishes and woodfired pizzas to go with a wide selection of beers, wines and cocktails. Come for the food, stay for the music. 100 Yacht Club Dr, 415.524.2773, terrapin crossroads.net

Corte Madera Benissimo Italian “Benissimo” means “really really good” in Italian. Happy Hour daily 4 to 6:30 p.m. daily. 18 Tamalpais Dr, 415.927.2316, benissimos.com

Brick & Bottle California Sourcing local and artisanal ingredients, executive chef Scott Howard brings simple California cuisine to Corte Madera’s Brick & Bottle. The restaurant features a large bar area, an outdoor patio and family-friendly dining. 55 Tamal Vista Blvd, 415.924.3366, brickandbottle.com California Pizza Kitchen California/ Eclectic Be prepared for chaos. Easy place to bring the kids: Mom and

Dad can enjoy a tasty Thai crunch salad and a glass of wine while the little ones feast on child-size portions of pasta and pizza. 347 Corte Madera Town Ctr, 415.945.0401, cpk.com Champagne Bakery French This casual bakery displays freshly made pastries, croissants, tarts, cookies and cakes, to be enjoyed indoors or out on the patio. Brioche French toast and a French dip sandwich with Swiss cheese are among the many menu options.

Catering is also available. 103 Corte Madera Town Ctr, 415.927.5470, champagnebakery.com Il Fornaio Italian Sausalito’s Larry Mindel hit a home run with this upscale Italian restaurant franchise.

Besides the awardwinning breads, pizzas and pastas, the menu offers a variety of salads and noncarb entrées.

223 Corte Madera Town Ctr, 415.927.4400, ilfornaio.com La Maison de La Reine Vietnamese A refreshing change amid the plethora of Italian, Mexican and Chinese options. The crunchy cabbage chicken salad with peanuts, fresh spring rolls and combinations of pho are popular menu items.

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Marin Joe’s Italian Authentic Italian dishes have been served here for over 50 years. Pick from soup, salad, seafood, mesquite-grilled or sautéed meats and more than 10 pasta options guaranteed to satisfy. Have a drink and hear local musicians at the well-known piano bar. 1585 Casa Buena Dr, 415.924.2081, marinjoesrestaurant.com The Counter California/American The folks at the Counter have taken the “have it your way” motto to a new level. Mostly known for all-natural Angus beef, turkey, chicken or veggie burgers, the restaurant also offers options like a bowl (all the ingredients without the bun) or salads. And if you want a martini with your burger, no problem; there’s a full bar.

201 Corte Madera Town Center 415.924.7000, thecounterburger.com

Fairfax 123 Bolinas California Known for farm-fresh, organic cuisine, 123 Bolinas was created by four friends who aimed to showcase seasonal fare in a relaxing, intimate environment.

Enjoy locally brewed beer and small-production wines as you take in the view of Bolinas Park through the floorto-ceiling windows. 123 Bolinas St, 415.488.5123, 123bolinas.com Sorella Caffe Italian Open for over six years and run by sisters Sonia and Soyara, Sorella, which means “sisters,” serves up fresh Italian food with a northern influence.

Customer favorites include cioppino, butternut squash ravioli

and eggplant parmesan.

Easy place to bring the kids. 107 Bolinas Rd, 415.258.4520, sorellacaffe.com

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Steakhouse Grill & Bar American Celebrating its 90 year anniversary, this steakhouse at Deer Park Villa is more than just a restaurant serving signature Angus steaks and prime rib. It is a gathering place with daily happy hour, live entertainment and a large heated deck. Events include Ladies’ Night, Prime Rib Weekend and the Redwood Music Series. 367 Bolinas Rd, 415.456.8084, deerpark steakhousegrill.com

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Greenbrae Bistro Vis à Vis California This Bon Air Shopping Center eatery features the cooking of Soo Young Kim, who previously acted as owner, chef and sommelier at Petaluma’s Sooze Wine Bar. The neighborhood spot boasts outdoor seating for casually fine dining. 282 Bon air Ctr, 415.925.4370, bistrovisavis.com

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Wipeout Bar & Grill American The familyfriendly hot spot has surfboards hanging from the ceiling, funin-the-sun music, a full bar and large televisions displaying surfers riding waves. Menu includes fish tacos, salads and burgers.302 Bon Air Ctr, 415.461.7400, wipeoutbarandgrill.com

Larkspur Belcampo Meat Co. American This eatery serves classic grilled items like the roasted tri-tip sandwich and classic sloppy joe. The

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Marin Country Mart, 2405 Larkspur Landing Circle, 415.448.5810, bel campomeatco.com El Huarache Loco Mexican Bringing authentic Mexico City dishes to Marin, chef Veronica Salazar’s menu has gained quite a following. From mini huaraches (filled corn masa cakes) to the footlong huarache with two salsas, crema, queso fresco and two toppings of your choice, you get a true taste of a homemade Mexican meal.

Marin Country Mart, 1803 Larkspur Landing Circle, 415.925.1403, huaracheloco.com Emporio Rulli Italian Pastry chef Gary Rulli is renowned for his Northern Italian specialties and treats. The Larkspur location (there are three others) is a favored spot for lunch as well as coffee and a sweet. 464 Magnolia Ave, 415.924.7478, rulli.com Left Bank Restaurant French Known for awardwinning French cuisine and a lively brasserie ambience, this corner spot on Magnolia Avenue has rated high with locals for well over a decade. Those with a petite appetite or budget can opt for happy hour (4 to 6:30 p.m., and 9 p.m.–close M–F) for appetizers, most of which are priced under $6. 507 Magnolia Ave, 415.927.3331, leftbank.com

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• Sushi Ran Japanese Fresh, innovative small plates are just big enough to share, the traditional sushi is melt-inyour-mouth good, and the wine, cocktail and sake lists keep the pickiest barfly well satisfied.

Even the prices don’t deter the herd of sushi enthusiasts who line up nightly to partake; reservations are required in the main room. 107 Caledonia St, 415.332.3620, sushiran.com

Marin Brewing Co American Grab a cold beer made right on site and pair it with fish ’n’ chips — fresh cod dipped in Mt. Tam pale ale batter, served with steak fries and homemade tartar sauce.

1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, 415.461.4677, marinbrewing.com Picco California This has been a popular place ever since opening in 2005. Dishes like miniburgers and seasonally driven menu items, along with risotto made every half hour, have kept people coming back. 320 Magnolia Ave, 415.924.0300, restaurantpicco.com Rustic Bakery California Organic mouthwatering pastries, breads and sandwiches are on the menu here, including Meyer lemon mascarpone danishes and a bacon, avocado and heirloom tomato sandwich with mesclun.

Marin Country Mart and 1139 Magnolia Ave, 415.925.1556, rusticbakery.com

The tavern at Lark Creek American The next chapter in the 1888 Victorian Murphy House, formerly known as Lark Creek Inn, is being written by chef Aaron Wright. 234 Magnolia Ave, 415.924.7766, tavernatlarkcreek.com The Melting Pot French Share the “Big Night Out” feast featuring chef’s specialties, or design your own spread with cheese fondue, salad, meat entrée and chocolate fondue dessert. 125 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.461.6358, themeltingpot.com Yankee Pier American This family-friendly casual clam shack is harbored in a quaint house built in 1924 as a private residence. Though known for beer-battered fish ’n’ chips, clam chowder and tasty salads, Yankee Pier serves fresh seafood delivered daily from both coasts. 286 Magnolia Ave, 415.924.7676, yankeepier.com

Mill Valley Avatar’s Punjabi Burritos Indian A small and friendly place with only a few tables but a myriad of Indianinspired burrito dishes to choose from. Try the curry chicken or Jamaican jerk wrapped in warm naan. Cash only, but worth the trip to the ATM. 15 Madrona St, 415.381.8293, enjoyavatars.com Balboa Cafe Mill Valley California The San Francisco institution has already become a place to see and be seen in Mill Valley, especially after the 142 Throckmorton Comedy nights. Menu items include pan-roasted Alaskan halibut and risotto and burgers. 38 Miller Ave, 415.381.7321, balboacafe.com Boo Koo Asian Asian street food is now available in Mill Valley for $10 or less. The restaurant offers options for every eater—vegans, gluten-frees,

vegetarians and carnivores alike. Menu items include chicken pho, vegan summer rolls, pad thai and five-spice pork satay, all made with organic, locally sourced veggies and proteins.25 Miller Ave, 415.888.8303, eatbookoo.com Buckeye Roadhouse American Oysters Bingo, baby back ribs and chili-lime “brick” chicken are a few of the satisfying, comfortfood menu items that have made this classic roadhouse a favorite since the ’30s. The warm dark-wood bar with red leather booths is a popular spot for cocktails, conversations or a light meal. 15 Shoreline Hwy, 415.331.2600, buckeyeroadhouse.com Bungalow 44 American Much like sister restaurant Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44 offers a mean dose of homey carbo- and lipid-laden dishes, such as the burger, fried chicken and truffle fries, as well

as a few lighter items.

The bar is a neighborhood favorite, known for tasty spirits and eye candy. 44 E. Blithedale Ave, 415.381.2500, bungalow44.com Cafe Del Soul California Beware of addiction. Casual lunch spot, great for takeout. 247 Shoreline Hwy, 415.388.1852, cafedelsoul.net Cantina Mexican The popular family restaurant offers traditional Mexican fare including soups, salads, sandwiches and sizzling fajitas at lunch portions and prices. Stop by for Happy hour M-F from 4 to 7 p.m. for drinks and appetizers $5 and under. 651 E. Blithedale, 415.381.1070, the cantina.com Champagne Bakery French Enjoy a croque-monsieur alfresco, linger over a flaky, buttery croissant with a cappuccino, or pick up chocolatedipped strawberries

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41 Throckmorton Ave, 415.380.0410, millvalley.champagne bakery.com El Paseo House of Chops American The menu speaks to the restaurant’s elegance, with offerings like roasted bone marrow, hamachi crudo, smoked trout salad and the El Paseo short rib. 17 Throckmorton Ave, 415.388.0741, elpaseomillvalley.com Frantoio Ristorante Italiano Italian Known for its in-house olive press, superior olive oil and excellent Italian cuisine, this spot is a great location for an intimate dinner, large groups and anything in between. Owned

by Roberto Zecca and chef Duilio Valenti, both from Milano, the kitchen uses local and organic ingredients. For special occasions and private parties, reserve the olive-press room.

The popular weekday happy hour starts at 4:30. 152 Shoreline Hwy, 415.289.5777, frantoio.com

India Palace Indian Known as “that great restaurant in the Travelodge,” India Palace is a favorite among the takeout crowd; however, eating on site is a treat too.

707 Redwood Hwy, 415.388.3350, india palacemillvalley.com Harmony Chinese Dishes here are an infusion of many flavors. The barbecue pork bun is filled with house-made roasted meat in a savory sauce; fresh mussels are accented with red chili and Thai basil. Pair your pick with wine, beer or tea. Strawberry Village, 415.381.5300, harmonyrestaurant group.com Joe’s Taco Lounge Mexican Joe’s serves up regular fare such as tasty fish tacos, burritos and enchiladas as well as more unusual items like Mexican pizza, tofu salad and crab tostadas.

And if there are too many unsupervised kids for a peaceful meal, takeout is easy too. 382 Miller Ave, 415.383.8164

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Out & About / dine of Toast. Fare highlights include Chicken Pear Salad and mac ’n’ cheese. 807 Grant Ave, 415.897.7707, leftcoastdepot.com Muscio’s Italian Inspired by the tradition of family dinners, Muscio’s is a new restaurant serving traditional Italian food. Meals include Mom’s Fettuccine with Prawns (gluten-free rigatoni available), My Sister’s Minestrone Soup and Pesto Chicken Pizza. 1200 Grant Ave, 415.898.2234, muscios.com

La Ginestra Italian A favorite family spot for over 30 years. While this old-school Italian eatery is known for traditional pastas, veal dishes, pizzas and dry martinis, the familiar wait staff is also part of the attraction. 127 Throckmorton Ave, 415.388.0224 Mill Valley Beerworks American Known for handcrafted beers, imported and local microbrews and house-made kombucha and root beer, this popular downtown Mill Valley neighborhood brewery recently doubled its space and expanded its food and beverage menu. 173 Throckmorton Ave, 415.888.8218, mill valleybeerworks.com NOURISH GRILL American Open for brunch, lunch and dinner, Nourish offers a variety of classic seafood like fish ’n’ chips as well as American grill fare like the Niman Ranch black ’n’ bleu burger.

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also the restaurant for the Club at Harbor Point and is situated on the waterfront and open to the public. Many ingredients are locally sourced and organic.

475 E Strawberry Dr, 415.381.4400, nourish. harbor-point.com Pearl’s Phat Burgers American Dubbed a silver-spoon alternative to a greasy spoon diner by The New York Times, Pearl’s has a loyal following for the big juicy all-natural patties (vegetarian, turkey, beef, buffalo or grilled chicken) served up with tasty sides such as garlic or sweet potato fries, shakes and seasonal smoothies. Eat in if you can get a seat, or take out. 8 East Blithedale Ave, 415.381.6010, pearlsdeluxe.com Prabh Indian Kitchen Indian Owned and operated by the Singh family, this restaurant is dedicated to serving healthy, organic and sustainable food with gluten-free

and vegan options.

Dishes include Chicken Pakora, Vegetable Biryani and Basil Garlic Naan. 24 Sunnyside Ave, 415.384.8241, prabh indiankitchen.com Tamalpie Italian Traditional pizzas from a 1,500-year-old recipe, with organic ingredients gathered from the farmers’ market twice weekly. Sit indoors or out; enjoy starters like creamy polenta, salads, and pies with names like Hoo-kooE-koo and Railroad Grade. 477 Miller Ave, 415.388.7437, tamalpiepizza.com Vasco Italian Whether you’re at a table, the bar or the back counter, you can expect an intimate and tasty dining experience at this one-room trattoria. Try one of the restaurant’s pasta dishes or thin-crust pizzas. 106 Throckmorton Ave, 415.381.3343, vascomillvalley.com

Novato Chianti Cucina Italian “This cozy eatery features an array of Italian and American choices, including a penne pesto described by one Yelp contributor as a “hot creamy bowl of heaven.” Another standout menu item is the house-made ravioli cooked up by chef Chris Hapra. 7416 Redwood Hwy, 415.878.0314, chiantinovato.com Hilltop 1892 California Situated in a historic estate in Novato with sweeping views, Hilltop 1892 offers traditional favorites with a California flair.

Open from breakfast through dinner, as well as Sunday brunch. 850 Lamont Ave, 415.893.1892, hilltop1892.com Left Coast Depot American Located in Old Town Novato, this new eatery serves breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by chef Mike Garcia, formerly

Rustic Bakery California Organic mouthwatering pastries, breads and sandwiches are on the menu here, including Meyer lemon mascarpone danishes and a bacon, avocado and heirloom tomato sandwich with mesclun. 1407 Grant Avenue, 415.878-4952, rusticbakery.com Tavola Italian Kitchen Italian A neighborhood gathering place for friends and family, Tavola offers locally sourced and sustainable produce, meats and decor. Traditional favorites like heirloom tomato and zucchini Panini and minestrone soup pay homage to its Italian roots. Open for Sunday brunch. 5800 Nave Dr, 415.883.6686, tavolaitaliankitchen.com

San Anselmo Comforts Cafe American This cozy spot features local ingredients and serves breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch. Be sure to try the Philly cheesesteak and

Chinese chicken salad, both classics.

335 San Anselmo Ave, 415.454.9840, comfortscafe.com Insalata’s Mediterranean Awardwinning chef Heidi Insalata Krahling offers Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes prepared with local organic produce and artisan meats.

120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.457.7700, insalatas.com L’Appart Resto French Owners Bruno Denis and Olivier Souvestre offer a menu most Francophiles would be proud of, complete with items like smoked herring, bone marrow and cassoulet de legumes.

636 San Anselmo Ave, 415.256.9884, lappartresto.com Lincoln Park Wine Bar American Choose between an intimate setting at a marble bar with vintage stools or the lounge room with built-in banquettes.

Adhering to a farm-totable and grape-to-glass philosophy, the Lincoln Park Wine Bar serves locally sourced and organic food and wine.

198 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.453.9898, lincolnparkwine.com Marinitas Mexican The sister restaurant of Insalata’s, Marinitas continues to flourish as a bastion of creative Latin cuisine in Marin.

It may not be as lowpriced as most Mexican restaurants in the area, but this is not your typical south-of-theborder spot. The festive atmosphere and funky decor complement the excellent food for a classy, lively experience.

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218 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.454.8900, marinitas.net Pizzalina Italian This restaurant is a neighborhood gathering place to relax and unwind with friends and family. Menus change daily according to the seasonal markets.

914 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.256.9780, pizzalina.com Sweetlife Bakery and Cafe American With an emphasis on simplicity and tradition, the menu here includes fresh-baked pastries, sandwiches, salads and pizza. 101 San Anselmo Ave, 415.456.4580, sweet lifebakeryandcafe.com

San Rafael Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria California The array of pizzas includes gluten-free crust options and the new Siciliano, an enticing mix of mozzarella, slowroasted garlic, sausage, broccoli and crushed red pepper flakes, sans tomato sauce. 1242 Fourth St, 415.455.9777, amicis.com Odalisque Cafe Mediterranean This casual art cafe was inspired by “La Grande Odalisque,” an oil painting of a slave done in 1814 by JeanAuguste-Dominque Ingres. Menu items are built from seasonal items available at the farmers’ markets and include persimmon salad, roasted butternut squash risotto and a variety of pizzettas. 1335 4th St, 415.460.1335, odalisquecafe.com

San Rafael Joe’s Italian Guido and Theresa Farina run this Marin institution, which has been famous for sophisticated yet casual Italian fare since 1947.

Great for large parties, the dining room holds 240. The Pacific red snapper meunière and roast sirloin of beef are standouts. 931 Fourth St, 415.456.2425, srjoes.com Sol Food Puerto Rican With south-ofthe-border treats like yellow rice, beans and plantains and authentic Puerto Rican specialties, this one-room eatery on Fourth Street just off Highway 101 can be hard to get into, but it’s worth the wait. No alcohol served. 903 Lincoln Ave, 415.451.4765, solfoodrestaurant.com

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Feng Nian Chinese Busy at lunch and dinner, this spacious hangout has been a popular spot for wonton soup, pot stickers and daily specials for nearly two decades. Free delivery. 2650 Bridgeway, 415.331.5300, fengnian.com Le Garage French Escape the touristy Sausalito spots and grab brunch right on the water. The atmosphere is animated with light French music (think Amélie). The Kobe Burger, though not as Parisian as the other

menu items, is to die for, and the much-adored croque-monsieur is under $10. Opt for indoor or outdoor seating. 85 Liberty Ship Way, 415.332.5625, legarage bistrosausalito.com Murray Circle American Enjoy the sun on the deck of this Cavallo Point restaurant. Locals say they come back for the fresh seasonal specials like wild sturgeon and Wolfe Ranch quail. 601 Murray Circle, 415.339.4750, cavallopoint.com Napa Valley Burger Company American Serving local, all-natural and organic meats, produce and wines, this burger joint offers classic burgers (glutenfree buns available), fries, salads, tacos and root beer floats. With outdoor and indoor tables, the space can accommodate up to 100 people. 670 Bridgeway, 415.332.1454, napavalley burgercompany.com

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Poggio Italian A great place to celebrate a special occasion or simply enjoy a night out.

Executive chef Peter McNee cooks up delicious Northern Italian cuisine using fresh and local ingredients, including produce from the nearby Poggio chef garden. 777 Bridgeway, 415.332.7771, poggiotratoria.com Salito’s Seafood In a well-known location on Richardson Bay that was most recently home to Paradise Bay, Salito’s features a new look and casual ambience. 1200 Bridgeway, 415.331.3226, salitoscrabhouse.com Saylor’s Restaurant and Bar California/Mexican Marin’s first tequila bar offers over 100 tequila options. Nightly meal specials include chicken potpie, roasted salmon, baby back ribs and traditional meat loaf. The private dining room is perfect for large parties.

Happy Hour M–F, 4 to 7 p.m. 2009 Bridgeway, 415.332.1512, saylorsrestaurant andbar.com SEAFOOD PEDDLER Seafood A great place to seek out fresh seafood in a warm and inviting environment.

Varieties of east and west coast fish are flown in daily. 303 Johnson St, 415.332.1492, seafoodpeddler.com Sweet Ginger Japanese Edna and Wayne Chiang know their way around good sushi. Try fresh sashimi, the classic Dragon Roll, 49er’s Roll or Rock ’N Roll, or be adventurous and have Wayne whip you up something off the menu. Good

sake and a comfortable setting round out the reasonably priced meal. 400 Caledonia St, 415.332.1683, sweet gingersausalito.com THE TRIDENT Seafood Originally a turn-ofthe-century building constructed in 1898 for the San Francisco Yacht Club, this waterfront restaurant reopened in October after a remodel. Executive chef James Montejano, known for supporting local farmers, fishermen and organic food producers, prepares dishes like Hawaiian mahi mahi fish tacos and grilled swordfish. 558 Bridgeway, 415.331.3232, thetrident sausalito.com

Tiburon Caprice California Book the private party room for large groups or just relax in what one Yelp reviewer called “the perfect romantic dinner spot.” Midweek, take advantage of the restaurant’s wellpriced three-course dinners for less than $25. 2000 Paradise Dr, 415.435.3400, thecaprice.com Dynasty Chinese Chinese Mu shu pork and pot stickers are among the menu choices; located near the point of Tiburon.

1801 Tiburon Blvd, 415.435.6766, tiburondynasty.com Don Antonio Trattoria Italian Located in Tiburon’s historic Ark Row, this trattoria offers authentic Italian cuisine in a quaint setting. The menu includes traditional courses with selections such as chicken piccata, organic

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Out & About / dine roasted rack of lamb and house-made pesto. 114 Main St, 415.435.0400, donantoniotrattoria.com Milano Italian Located in the Cove Shopping Center, this familyowned neighborhood spot is known for its pasta and friendly service. A good place to take the kids — or catering option for your next birthday party. 1 Blackfield Dr, 415.388.9100, tiburonmilano.com Salt & Pepper American This sunfilled, hardwood-floored one room restaurant with blue-checkered tablecloths is a local favorite. Popular items on chef Abraham Monterroso’s menu include scallops, rib-eye steak, a beef burger and traditional crab cakes with jalapeno dipping sauce. 38 Main Street, 415.435.3594 Sam’s Anchor Cafe American Everyone knows Sam’s deck is the prime spot for brunch on a lazy sunny Sunday, and its bar is the town’s historic watering hole, but Sam’s is also a great place for lunch or dinner. Enjoy transfat-free calamari, fresh fish, seasonal salads and pastas. 27 Main St, 415.435.4527, samscafe.com Servino Ristorante Italian Executive Chef Massimo Covello comes to the kitchen via Frantoio and Piazza D’Angelo, where he cooks up an array of rustic Italian dishes, including house-made pastas, wood oven pizzas and seasonal specialties. A member of Marin Organic and one of Marin’s first eateries to become certified as a

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9 Main St, 415.435.2676, servino.com Tiburon Tavern California The atmosphere here is truly enchanting, with two outdoor patios, two indoor fireplaces and candlelit tables at dinner. No item is more than $20, including the steak, with entrées falling in the $14 to $18 range. Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. 1651 Tiburon Blvd, 415.435.5996, tiburontavern.com

West Marin Drakes Beach Cafe American If you’re OK with the long drive, you can’t beat the view and the fresh, local ingredients used to make the burgers, salads and soups at this casual spot (Inverness). Walk on the beach after lunch.

1 Drakes Beach Rd, 415.669.1297, drakescafe.com Nick’s Cove American Large windows open the 130-seat eatery to the picturesque Tomales Bay and Hog Island.

Menu consists of the freshest available local seafood, oysters and bounty from nearby West Marin farms, including Bodega Bay Dungeness crab cake and Tomales Bay clam chowder (Marshall). 23240 Hwy 1, 415.663.1033, nickscove.com Osteria Stellina California Whether it’s to cap off a day of hiking or celebrate a romantic anniversary,

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Osteria Stellina suits any occasion. (Point Reyes). 11285 Hwy 1, 415.663.9988, osteriastellina.com Parkside Cafe American Choose from an array of organic, locally grown produce, artisan meats and wild seafood (Stinson). 43 Arenal Ave, 415.868.1272, parksidecafe.com Pine Cone Diner American A favorite for locals as well as tourists (Point Reyes Station). 60 Fourth St, 415.663.1536, pineconediner.com Rancho Nicasio American Known for live music and an extensive menu featuring everything from Dungeness crab burgers to walnut-crusted goat cheese, Rancho Nicasio is open seven days a week. Be sure to stop by for happy hour, M–F, 4 to 6 p.m. 1 Old Rancheria (Nicasio) Rd, 415.662.2219, ranchonicasio.com

Sand Dollar American Originally built from three barges in Tiburon in 1921, the Sand Dollar Restaurant was floated to Stinson that same year. Enjoy live music along with barbecued local oysters and New England clam chowder. (Stinson).

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Two New Englanders find East Coast charm in a San Rafael Victorian.

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The 1890 Victorian was described in sales material as a New England home in Northern California.

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The entrance to the home features a pink-flowering rose vine. The rustic farmhouse kitchen includes a utilitarian hose perfect for washing dishes or hosing off the dog.

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r a n a nd Lisa Strachan had been married only two years and were living in Fran’s Mill Valley home of 20 years when Lisa decided the couple needed to find a fresh new place to start their lives together.

The very idea struck fear in Fran’s heart.

“My first thought was, ‘Oh no, this house is paid off,’ ” he says. “I managed to put it off for about a year, but the idea wouldn’t go away.”

So this spring, the couple began hunting for a new home with realtor Kathleen Clifford.

“Working with Fran and Lisa was so enjoyable because they are genuinely nice folks,” she confides. “They were introduced to each other by a mutual friend a couple of years earlier, hit it off and ended up getting married. Lisa’s new to California and was really homesick.”

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Fran, the retired founder of Zia Natural Skincare and current head of business development for EO products, explains that he had his vision of “living on top of a hill with a large view and big deck, and Lisa had her vision of a home like the ones you see in Vermont with a big lawn and lots of property.”

With Clifford’s help, they looked at about 50 homes, and Lisa, a nurse supervisor at Sutter Health in San Francisco, looked at even more online. “We were struggling to come together on a place and we went to so many places,” Fran says. “Nothing really clicked for a long time.”

Then they came across a home for sale in the Dominican area of San Rafael, an area neither Fran nor Lisa had initially considered, and found their new home. “We pulled up to the house, went into the living room and out to the backyard, and just looked at each other at the same time and said, ‘Let’s do it,’ ” Fran recalls.

The expanded two-story 1890 Victorian had been described in sales material as a New England home in Northern California, “which just clicked for Lisa in a big way,” Fran says, “and I liked it, too.”

With a parlor, living room, kitchen and master suite on the main floor and three bedrooms upstairs, there’s enough space for his two teenage boys and her middle daughter to comfortably share the home with them.

Even so, the house wasn’t perfect. The couple quickly replaced the oldest parts of the foundation and removed the unattractive 1970s-era aluminum siding. They patched the 100-year-old walls, repainted the home inside and out and laid new pavers in the gravel driveway.

They also returned the bonus room to its original purpose as a garage while keeping the garden office and workshop intact.

But did the home’s swimming pool really remind Lisa of her beloved Vermont? “Oh, yes,” says Fran. “She had a pool in Vermont — a pool/ice skating rink.” m

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the details Where they purchased San Rafael– Dominican area What they bought An 1890 Victorian with swimming pool and garden office Listing Agent Patti Oxman, Frank Howard Allen Selling Agent Kathleen Clifford, Pacific Union and Christie’s Great Estates Stats Average cost per square foot for homes in neighborhood: $423 (based on three recent sales)

Clockwise from top left: An antique brass coffee table; Lisa and Fran with her daughter Casey and his son Skye; a library off the great room; the great room; a painting of two cows hangs in the kitchen; the century-old home is outfitted with new siding and sits on a new foundation.

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Palms Up

They stand tall and proud, guarding our backyards and walkways. Indeed, the impressive palm trees of Marin bring good vibes to any neighborhood.

Email a photo of yourself standing by your tree to letters@marinmagazine.com; we’ll choose one or more submitted photos to run in the next issue.

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Jenn Pfeiffer 415.302.3198

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If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

CORTE MADERA 415.755.1111 | ROSS 415.755.1111 NOVATO 415.798.8111 | TIBURON 415.889.2000 | MILL VALLEY 415.384.1111

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2012 Closed Transactions: 27 Evergreen, Kentfield

137 Bolinas, Ross

203 Bolinas, Ross

2 Alturas, Mill Valley

81 Kent, Kentfield

9 Willow Hill, Ross

88 Culloden Park, San Rafael

200 Molino, Mill Valley

120 South Ridgewood, Kentfield

574 Summit, Mill Valley

12 Drake’s Cove, Larkspur

187 Lagunitas, Ross

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Stephanie Lamarre 415.806.3176 stephanie@stephanielamarre.com

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Coming Soon in Ross: Call for a Private Showing!

A premiere, private estate, 117 Laurel Grove is close to everywhere: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Wine Country, trails, beaches and ski areas, yet occupies a world all its own in the highly desirable, charming town of Ross. South-facing on a green knoll with views of Mt. Tam and Mt. Baldy from almost every room and throughout the grounds, this updated home offers authentic, classical architectural character with contemporary styling and an ideal floor plan.

1903 Arts & Crafts-style Estate | 7100+/-sf with 5bd/6.5ba plus Full Guest Cottage | Views of Mt. Tam from Nearly Every Room and Throughout Grounds | Highest Standards of Architectural Design Excellence | Coffered Ceilings, Wide Paneling, Deep Crown Moldings, Old World Craftsmanship | 1.4+/-acres with Stunning, Groomed & Natural Grounds | Private Well for Irrigation | 15' x 50' Lap Pool

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www.117LaurelGrove.com | Price Upon Request

Donna Goldman 415.509.2427 donna@lifestylemarin.com www.lifestylemarin.com

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If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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Kevin Kearney (kar-knee) If you value personalized service with clear and open communication...

Get to Know me.

Whether you are buying or selling, call me for your confidential consultation today.

Kevin Kearney REALTOR

kevin.kearney@cbnorcal.com | C. 415.297.3874 36 Tiburon Blvd. Mill Valley, CA 94941 kevinkproperties.com | DRE #01355515 /kearneybrothersrealestate

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Coming Soon in Larkspur Other upcoming listings: Sausalito 4/2, views, $1,595,000 Fairfax 3/2, $679,000 San anselmo 4/2.5, $1,750,00 larkspur 4/4 +ofc & rec room, $2,395,000

69 Magnolia avenue, larkSPur This classic Larkspur home is light, open and inviting. Private, sunny backyard lawn & patio right off the great room.

Two bedrooms plus a small office or nursery, possible expansion potential (check with city). Nicely updated kitchen

overlooks private back yard. Close to the park, Little League fields, transit, trails, historic downtown & great schools.

Offered at $879,000

www.southernmarinhomes.com

Sharon Faccinto Top Producer 2012

415.272.3799 sfaccinto@mcguire.com

Discover Your Dream We believe that finding a home is more than just searching houses. It’s about discovering an area, learning a neighborhood, and adopting a community. McGuire.com provides tools that allow you to go beyond the search, without leaving the search. And now, that search can deliver the roadmap that takes you home.

You might not know what you’re looking for, but now you know where to find it, mcguire.com

We are innovative. We are McGuire.

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PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL

Pacific Union International is proud to welcome

Scott Woods

to our team of luxury professionals

415.419.4510

scott.woods@pacunion.com pacunion.com

A Member Of Real Living

1550 Tiburon Blvd, Suite U. Tiburon, Ca 94920

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PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL

Pacific Union International is proud to welcome

Bill Smith

to our team of luxury professionals

415.902.4456

bill@williamjsmith.com pacunion.com

A Member Of Real Living

1550 Tiburon Blvd, Suite U. Tiburon, Ca 94920

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PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL

Pacific Union International is Proud to congratulate

Connie Irwin

2012 Realtor of the Year

Connie Irwin is richly deserving of the 2012 Realtor of the Year award, presented annually by the Marin Association of Realtors to an individual who exemplifies high principles, high ethical standards, dedication to service, and a commitment to giving back to the community of Marin. Connie lives by these attributes, taking it a step further with her outstanding loyalty and devotion to the success of MAR. We are extremely proud to call Connie one of our own.

Congratulations, Connie

A Member Of Real Living

connie@connieirwin.com • 415.235.6263 • 901 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield

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Scott Woods Presents

140 Hacienda Drive, Tiburon

Top of the world luxury in Tiburon. Located on a private drive in one of the area’s most coveted neighborhoods, this 3 level, 4 bedroom custom home was built new in 2000 with a discerning eye for top quality construction and fine finishes. Enjoy expansive views from the Presidio to the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito and Richardson Bay. Sunny, southern exposure affords this home year-round warmth, natural light and breathtaking sunsets over the Bay. 140Hacienda.com - Offered at $3,200,000

Scott Woods LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

415.419.4510 www.ScottCWoods.com

A Member Of Real Living

Scott.Woods@PacUnion.com

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Kathleen Clifford

Charismatic Corte Madera Avenue

390 Corte Madera Avenue, Corte Madera Serenely sited behind a private gate, 390 Corte Madera Avenue is a peaceful place you will immediately call home. The exceptionally upscale kitchen features a Subzero refrigerator, a Wolf range, Bosch dishwasher, and opens to the “great room” with a brick wood burning fireplace. Peaked open beam ceilings, gleaming hardwood floors and plantation shutters are just a few of the essential touches that add to the allure. A home office, den or children’s playroom adjoins the living area, adding flexibility to your lifestyle. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and a powder room (all updated, with wainscoting trim) and a large, 2 car garage plus storage complete the home. Beautiful grounds include outdoor dining and entertaining deck and patios, gazebo, a pool and spa, and mature gardens.

With the town centers of both Larkspur and Corte Madera a short walk or ride away, as well as fantastic hiking and biking trails right across the street, 390 Corte Madera Avenue boasts one of the best locations in Marin County.

Price Upon Request

Kathleen Clifford LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

415.314.6466 DRE# 01321467

A Member Of Real Living

Kathleen@KathleenCliffordRealEstate.com | MakingMarinHome.com

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TRACY McCULLOCH, J.D.

Pacific Union Congratulates

Tracy McCulloch

on a Decade of Success Throughout the last 10 years, Tracy has successfully helped clients achieve their real estate goals. When you partner with Tracy, you know you are cared for by a professional that puts your needs first and is dedicated to making the process as comfortable as possible. As a lifetime resident of Marin, Tracy’s comprehensive knowledge of the county serves her clients in all aspects of their lives.

Coming Soon Rare Opportunity!

This Estate consists of an almost 4.6 acre knoll top with plenty of sun and flat land close to downtown Mill Valley and within an easy commute to San Francisco. There is almost 5,500 sq. ft. of living area, 7 bedrooms, 5 baths, guest house, pool, sport court, and a three car garage. There are so many possibilities for sustainable living...orchard, vegetable garden, chickens, vineyard, horses, and more.

PRICE UPON REQUEST

“I am dedicated to personalized service. I use cutting edge tools, while maintaining a personal client focused approach when it comes to finding the right home. Real estate sales will be robust in 2013.

Don’t miss this opportunity! Connect with me and I will help you every step of the way.”

To my clients, friends and family, a warm thank you for your loyal and continued support.

TRACY McCULLOCH, J.D. CLIENT ADVOCATE

415.377.7466 DRE #01360727

"Representation with Integrity"

A Member Of Real Living

mcalper@comcast.net • 27 Miller Avenue • Mill Valley, CA 94941 • pacunion.com

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Janet Williamson & Sally Williamson thank you to our clients for making 2012 an outstanding year with over $45 Million in sales.

Our best wishes for a healthy, prosperous, and joyful 2013.

COMING SOON 12 Indian Rock Court, Tiburon

PENDING 20 Cove Road, Belvedere $2,950,000 Buyer Representation

PENDING 38 Reed Ranch Road, Tiburon $2,250,000 Seller Representation

PENDING 50 Willow Avenue, Ross $1,995,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 139 Gilmartin Drive, Tiburon $4,950,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 19 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere $3,350,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 1 Mariposa Court, Tiburon $3,100,000 Seller Representation

SOLD 11 Crest Road, Belvedere $2,999,000 Seller Representation

SOLD 191 Stewart Drive, Tiburon $2,495,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 223 Round Hill Road, Tiburon $2,495,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 5 Southridge Drive, Tiburon $2,395,000 Buyer Representation

SOLD 3 Corte Palos Verdes Street, Tiburon $2,195,000 Seller Representation

SOLD 142 Bella Vista Avenue, Belvedere $2,099,000 Seller Representation

SOLD SOLD 299 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley 210 San Rafael Avenue, Belvedere $1,995,000 $1,998,000 Buyer Representation Buyer Representation

SOLD 27 Eagle Rock Road, Mill Valley $1,995,000 Buyer Representation

Also Sold

142 Hacienda Dr, Tiburon. $1,895,000 • 211 Beach Rd, Belvedere. $1,799,000 • 1880 Vistazo West St, Tiburon. $1,795,000 • 144 Bayview Ave, Belvedere. $1,675,000 37 Cove Rd, Belvedere. $1,400,000 • 17 Raccoon Ln, Tiburon. $1,199,000 • 171 Elm Ave, Mill Valley. $999,000 • 160 Homestead Blvd, Tiburon. $899,000 53 Lagoon Vista, Tiburon. $899,000 • 504 Pixie Trail, Mill Valley. $610,000 • 2040 Laguna St, San Francisco. $485,000 • 1 Emerson Dr, Mill Valley. $435,100

Janet Williamson

Sally Williamson

LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

Janet.Williamson@pacunion.com 415.309.6223 DRE#00628777

Sally.Williamson@pacunion.com 415.713.3348 DRE#01321468

A Member Of Real Living

www.JanetWilliamson.com • 1550 Tiburon Boulevard, Suite U, Tiburon

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1778 Vistazo West, Tiburon $3,250,000

5 Eton Way, Mill Valley $1,795,000

81 Elm Avenue, Larkspur $1,475,000

114 Alder Avenue, San Anselmo $2,895,000

6 Albert Lane, Mill Valley $1,799,000

12 East Terrace, Tiburon $1,699,000

100 Privateer Drive, Corte Madera $1,445,000

107 Bretano Way, Greenbrae $899,000

6 Emlin Place, Kentield $1,495,000

10 Corte Alegro, Greenbrae $1,275,000

175 Upland Road, Kentfield $859,000

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THANK YOU MARIN Linda Tull LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

415.233.0215 DRE# 01703883

A Member Of Real Living

Linda.Tull@PacUnion.com | www.MyMarinHomes.com

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V I C TO R I A LOV E Extraordinary Listings

Exquisite Kent Woodlands Estate 4 Orchard Way, Kentfield

Elegant Hampton’s style 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath residence in the flats of Kent Woodlands with stunning Mt. Tam views.

Offered at $5,995,000 • 4orchard.com

Chic Architectural Jewel 25 Harcourt Street, San Rafael

Classic 1914 Forbes 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath beauty, renovated top to bottom in 2012 with impeccable taste & style, on a level landscaped lot. Offered at $1,795,000 • 25harcourt.com

Extraordinary Results Sold 2012

16 Crest Road Belvedere

27 Eye Street San Rafael

Multiple Offers Buyer Representation Listed at $4,995,000

Multiple Offers Seller Representation Listed at $2,995,000

200 Forbes Avenue San Rafael

60 Corte Del Bayo Larkspur

Sold Off Market Seller Representation Listed at $2,150,000

Multiple Offers Seller Representation Listed at $1,499,000

Victoria Love LUXURY PROPERTY SPECIALIST

415.377.4370 DRE# 01327745

A Member Of Real Living

Victoria.Love@PacUnion.com | www.VictoriaLoveMarin.com

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We are Obsessed with Client Satisfaction . . . Just Ask Them!

“You both did a wonderful job.

I can’t count the times you went the extra mile for us over the past year. You really showed us just how much value outstanding real estate professionals can add.

Thank you so much.”

—Scott Pearson, VP, AOL

“You two are the very best I have ever worked with.

I am amazed by your insight, knowledge of the market, and gutsy approach at dealing with whatever is thrown your way.

We are truly blessed to have been referred to you.”

—Brian Hills, Mortgage Broker/Banker

“We could not be more pleased with the high level of expertise and professionalism you both brought to the sale of our home in Tiburon and purchase of our new home in Belvedere.

Your negotiating skills are extraordinary, and you worked tirelessly for us.”

—Robin & Andy Bloch

Let Us Go to Work in Managing Your Real Estate Transaction— Call Us for a Consultation the Moment You Consider Selling or Purchasing.

A Sampling of Karen and Colleen’s 2012 Sales: SOLD

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5 High Meadow

$8,500,000 40 Norman Way

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Represented Seller. Multiple Offers.

$2,815,000 4881 Paradise Drive Represented Seller.

180 San Rafael Avenue Represented Buyer.

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20 Aqua Vista

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When You Want Your Home Packaged Right PoshPropertiesMarin.com

Karen Plastiras 415.816.2256 k.plastiras@deckerbullocksir.com

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Congratulations to Chelsea E. Ialeggio One of the Top 5 Producing Agents in Marin for 2012! *

Chelsea E. Ialeggio 415.300.6881

chelsea@sothebysrealty.com ChelseaInMarin.com Redefining Service in Real Estate

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Contemporary Farmhouse in Ross

Offered at $2,049,000

43 Laurel Grove Avenue, Ross

Prepare to be enchanted! This exquisite Ross property was renovated in 2008 and offers exceptional style, living space, privacy, and light. A stylish, gated front yard welcomes you with a level lawn, lush plantings of lavender & rosemary, and a Bluestone porch leading to the entry of this inviting one-story home. The living room features Brazilian cherry floors, a wood-burning fireplace with an elegant wood mantle, a large built-in black walnut media cabinet with a Niles A/V system, and walls of windows looking out to the yard and patio areas. Adjacent to the living room is a spacious dining room and contiguous kitchen with doors leading to a large, Bluestone patio and the pool area. The impeccable kitchen welcomes the most discriminating chef, featuring a La Cornue range with two ovens, a Shaw double farmhouse sink, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Miele dishwasher and Calacatta marble countertops. Other features include a large center island, tons of cabinet space and a box beam ceiling with chic light fixtures. A master suite, two additional bedrooms, a second full bath and a half bath, and tons of attic storage complete the living space with fabulous features throughout. There is also a large two-car garage with built-in storage. Complete with the bonus of indoor/outdoor California living, this home has it all. Close proximity to the award-winning Ross School.

Exclusively represented by

www.43LaurelGrove.com

Chelsea E. Ialeggio 415.300.6881 chelsea@sothebysrealty.com ChelseaInMarin.com Redefining Service in Real Estate

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Kentfield Contemporary

$1,595,000

This contemporary four bedroom, three and one half bath home on a private lot seamlessly integrates the amenities of ­today’s­­California­lifestyle.­An­open­kitchen­flows­into­the­spacious­­family­room,­yet­remains­separate­from­the­formal­living­ and­dining­rooms­for­ease­of­entertaining.­The­four­bedrooms­are­conveniently­­located­on­the­same­floor­and­separate­ from­the­­common­areas­providing­a­quiet­­retreat­from­the­activity­on­the­main­floor­at­any­time.­A­­spacious­Master­with­ ­well-­appointed­bath­and­generous­walk-in­closet­flanks­one­side,­while­at­the­other­two­bedrooms­share­a­“Jack­&­Jill”­bath,­ with­an­en-suite­guest­room­sandwiched­in­­between.­The­almost­.25­acre­lot­allows­for­ample­room­to­play,­with­a­large­flat­ patio­space,­­private­gardens,­secluded­­sitting­areas,­and­decks­from­which­to­enjoy­the­sun­setting­behind­Mt.­­Tamalpais.­­Located­ just­a­few­short­blocks­to­the­shops­and­­acclaimed­­Kentfield­schools,­with­easy­access­to­101­and­the­Larkspur­Ferry­­terminal.­ This­home­­provides­a­welcome­retreat­at­the­end­of­a­busy­day­while­­keeping­you­within­easy­reach­of­all­of­the­amenities­of­ life­in­central­Marin.­­ ­ www.30Stetson.com

Introducing my new website & blog!

Please visit www.marinshomepage.com for all of your real estate needs and market updates!

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10 Margarita Drive, San Rafael • $3,495,000 Exquisite! Brand new gated estate on approximately one level acre in prestigious Country Club. Superb quality and craftsmanship, rich finishes, 4 en suite bedrooms, spacious floor plan. Separate 1BR/BA guest quarters.

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677 Redwood Rd, San Anselmo • $2,198,000 677Redwood.com A stunning 4 BR/3.5BA home showcasing a massive, open plan great room and fabulous kitchen! Ideal for great gatherings, book clubs, gourmet cooks, bridge players and more. Featuring an artist’s studio, family room and home gym with steam shower and 2-car garage. The ultimate in privacy and views.

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Looking Back

Island Invasion

During the wee hours of November 20, 1969, three boats headed out from Sausalito. By Jim Wood

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ccording to Margaret Goldstein’s intrigu-

ing book You Are Now on Indian Land, there had already been two failed attempts to take the island. So the authorities were on their toes. Yet when police checked on Sausalito’s No Name Bar around closing time on Sunday, November 20, 1969, they readily accepted manager Peter Bowen’s word that things were routine. They weren’t. Bowen, along with a small group of patrons, wasn’t going home. They — plus about 80 others who’d gathered furtively along Sausalito’s waterfront — were sailing across San Francisco Bay; the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island was under way. Their mission:

to claim Alcatraz, where the federal penitentiary had by then been out of commission for six years, for Indian possession.

After landing in three darkened boats, the parties, mostly Native American college students, clamored onto the island with boxes of food, clothing and supplies. Security guard Glen Dodson spotted them, turned on his flashlight and yelled, “Mayday, Mayday, the Indians have landed.” Fortunately for the intruders, Dodson was part Cherokee and so, according to Goldstein’s book, he spent much of the night chatting with occupiers. It wasn’t until late afternoon that headlines screamed “INDIANS SEIZE ALCATRAZ.” The occupation lasted a year and a half, until June 11, 1971, during which the island’s 94-foot-tall water tower was adorned with graffiti reading “PEACE AND FREEDOM WELCOME HOME OF THE FREE INDIAN LAND.” A recent $1.1 million National Park Service restoration of the tower included plans to repaint those words atop Alcatraz’s tallest structure. “That message is definitely part of the island’s history,” explained the project’s manager. And it all started at the No Name. m

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