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››LETTERS We feel bad for your poor, overworked boss... Regarding Julie Vader’s story on how to stop telemarketers who violate the Do Not Call List [“For a Bad Time, Call...” Jan. 18]. My favorite way to handle the live operator calls is to respond enthusiastically with, “I’m really interested in this. Can you hold on? I’ll get the boss. It might take a few minutes. He’s really busy. Don’t hang up.” I then put the call on hold and walk away. One telemarketer stayed on hold for an hour. I almost felt bad for him. Jonathan Schwartz, Mill Valley

the greatest artists of our time for less. Also on my only trip there I ordered a glass of house cabernet that was not from a bottle, but from a spigot on the wall, a very small glass, with an even smaller pour, and with a straight face, the bartender said, “That’ll be $14.” How sad and disappointing. L. Blaylock, Fairfax

That’s what we call a full metal jacket... I’m writing regarding Marin’s gun buyback program [“DA Makes Gun Owners an Offer They Couldn’t Refuse,” Jan. 18]. I waited in line to turn in these guns (see photo). But they ran out of money so will try again. Walter Schivo, Novato

Touch of green When I first learned of a new music venue hoping to be opened in Fairfax (my hometown) by Phil Lesh, I thought what a great idea, someone giving back to the community, and doing it locally to enhance an already great music scene here in Fairfax. Well that didn’t work out [“The Further Adventures of Bob and Phil,” Jan. 11]. Then I read that Terrapin Crossroads was taking over the Seafood Peddler, I thought, “What a great location, lots of parking, cool spot.” Then I went to their website, [and read about] all the wonderful things they were going to do to give back to the community. What a bunch of BS. This place is the pure essence of greed. Who in the world do they think they are? The egos are off the charts. They have a concert featuring Phil and Bob and friends and want $162 general admission, $317 for VIP, and on an off night only $62. Whoopie. This is not designed for the general public. You can sit in the front row of Lincoln Center for some of

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Before the game, as always, our flag was displayed and I stood just before the Zack Brown Band began to sing. As I looked around, everyone else, aside from a few others behind me, were all just sitting there on their collective butts. What in the world is happening to this great country? Are you “Marinites” just too self-centered and consumed with your status to honor our country and what it stands for? Put your iPads and smartphones down for a few minutes will ya? Maybe what is needed here is what I call an “attitude adjustment.” How about we send a few of you overseas for a few months to fight beside our brave men and women? If you can’t take a few minutes out of your precious time to stand and show respect for our great country and what it stands for then I wish you would just pack up all your precious belongings and move somewhere else in the world and see how that works out for ya! I find myself writing this during the inauguration of our president and even though I did not vote for him this time around I showed respect for his position and watched as he was sworn in. Oh...and by the way, did you notice that when Beyonce sang our national anthem everyone, and I mean everyone, was standing, people! I rest my case. Nick Pigati, Larkspur

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I have never written to the Sun’s editor before, but I experienced something in Mill Valley yesterday that really shocked me. I was at Sweetwater to watch the 49ers game, as were many other football fans.

And you thought management was only in your way at work... Maybe the San Rafaelites have to get on the freeways to go to a job that pays enough so they can live in San Rafael [“San Rafael Residents Ruining Everyone’s Commute, Study Says,” Jan. 4]. Except for “professionals,” most of the jobs in San Rafael are not exactly grunt jobs, but just don’t pay that well. The U.S. Census says the average San Rafael household income is around $71,000 and the average travel to work time is 24.9 minutes. Since it doesn’t take much time to get to the San Rafael jobs, this phenomenon should be easy to understand. Check out zipskinny.com—the website shows occupations of residents to have 51 percent in “managerial” jobs. If it wasn’t for the people driving out of town to their jobs that pay well, San Rafael would not be able to exist as you know it today. David Weinstock, Fairfax

Makes wreck of ol’ 97 seem like a raging success The North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) is an independent state entity in charge of the 310-mile freight rail line between American Canyon and Humboldt Bay. NCRA’s board members are appointed by local boards of supervisors and do not answer to any authority. Virtually all of its funds come from taxpayers, including more than $60 million it recently spent rehabilitating the southern 61 miles of line to Windsor. The North Coast Railroad Authority does not have a comprehensive strategic plan with measurable goals and objectives. Its management is badly in need of an outside review before it follows in Vallejo’s footsteps and declares bankruptcy: O Due to NCRA’s past actions, Caltrans considers the railroad authority as a “high risk” agency and does not let NCRA touch public funds under Caltrans’ jurisdiction without proof that the funds are properly spent. This has continued for the last decade and caused NCRA to incur over $500,000 in extra expenses. O North Coast Railroad Authority has had substantial budget deficits for years. Its financial situation is precarious, at best, yet its private freight operator, Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP), uses the line without paying a trackage fee. O NCRA gave NWP a “no bid” $1 million contract to do repair work outside Caltrans’ purview that was to take five months. It ended up costing over $2.5 million and was finished a year late. O NCRA’s lease with NWP can last a century, without meaningful oversight, conceivably without trackage payments, while taxpayers underwrite much of the risk. O There is no indication that the NCRA/NWP relationship is, or will be, fiscally prudent. A prompt, comprehensive, outside evaluation/audit is required for the good of the taxpayers and to properly revive freight rail in Northern California. Otherwise a viable freight rail service envisioned when taxpayers purchased the line out of bankruptcy might never be. Bernie Meyers, Novato

Someone needs to buy a bookshelf... Provocative question of the year: If you kept a gun, a Bible, the Torah and the Quran on the kitchen table 24/7, which one(s) would be more dangerous? Craig Whatley, San Rafael

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Roach’s writing, it turns out, is anything but slow going. Though some of her vividly descriptive explanations of bodily functions induce squeamishness for those with sensitive stomachs (what happens when you’re in your space suit and you have to throw up?), thousands became instant fans of Roach’s humorous and hands-on approach to science writing with her 2003 debut, Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers. With the level of exposure to what most of us might view as, well, gross, it was no surprise that Roach, referred to frequently as America’s funniest science writer, went on to write Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, in which she explores all of the questions most of us ponder but are rarely brave enough to voice in public. “I am not a squeamish or easily disgusted person,” says Roach. “With anything I am reporting on, my curiosity and zeal for getting behind the scenes and seeing a new world trumps any disgust or unease.” With Stiff, Roach proved to have innards of steel—though not all of her source material could say the same. “The mortuary school where they were doing an embalming and an autopsy—that is a pretty gruesome thing—the whole body cavity is open and I had never seen a 9 > dead body like that. For a few days

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North Bay Academy to try for 2014 school year Following last month’s unanimous rejection by the Novato Unified School District board, proponents of a new charter school in Novato say they won’t appeal the decision and will instead reapply with the school district next year, in the hopes of opening the would-be North Bay Academy in time for the 2014 school year. The proposal had the North Bay Academy opening in the 2013 school year with about 550 students, featuring a “core knowledge” curriculum. Founded in 1986 by E.D. Hirsch Jr., Core Knowledge emphasizes “solid, specific core curriculum” for each elementary school grade level, according to www.coreknowledge.org. The campus of the former Hill Middle School has been suggested as a possible site, as have locations in the Hamilton neighborhood. In its rejection of the charter application, the NUSD board members agreed with criticisms by district staff that the application failed to adequately justify its curriculum or establish how it would attract a socioeconomically diverse student population. Cyclists honking mad at overpass plans Plans to eliminate the pedestrian and bike overpass as part of the redesign of the Larkspur/Greenbrae exit of Highway 101 has Marin’s nonmotorized commuters’ feet in a frenzy. The Transportation Authority of Marin project is part of a $143 million overhaul at the stress-inducing corridor where commuters merge for and from the Larkspur Ferry, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and the highway. The plan has been in the works for nearly a decade and would essentially separate the Highway 101 exit to Corte Madera and the Sir Francis Drake southbound 101 onramp. But the designs call for removal of the pedestrian overcrossing to make room for construction—a move frustrating to the nonmotorized transportation community who say the ability to get to and from the east and west sides of the highway is critical. The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is collecting signatures in an effort to show community support for keeping a bike-pedestrian bridge across the highway. TAM officials, however, say that improvements to the bike-pedestrian paths on both sides of the highway—including widening and lengthening the Wornum Drive undercrossing and paths along the old Redwood Highway—render the need for an overcrossing obsolete. But MCBC officials contend that an overcrossing is “a far safer Highway 101 crossing” than what is being proposed on Wornum Drive. Among their contentions is that an overcrossing will “encourage (rather than discourage) cyclists and pedestrians from traveling in the area; help promote active, nonmotorized transportation for this and future generations; and will be consistent with general plan policies of the county of Marin, the city of Larkspur and the town of Corte Madera.” The Transportation Authority of Marin next meets to discuss the project on Jan. 29 from 6 to 8pm at the Redwood High School cafeteria, 395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur. MCBC officials are encouraging folks to voice their opinions earlier, though, at TAM’s monthly board meeting Jan. 24 at 6:45pm in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the Marin Civic Center. Pacifics name new manager The San Rafael Pacifics are on to their second manager in only two years of franchise existence—and that’s because 2012 manager (and former Dodger!) Mike Marshall landed a gig as the new commissioner of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs (the new name for what had been the north division of the indie pro North American League). The Pacifics’ new field general will be James Frisbie, a 40-year-old native of Washington who’d gotten his glove dirty in the minor leagues of Texas and Louisiana. 9

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He called for the check and ignored Kate as she peppered him with questions about his strange behavior. When the waiter brought the tab, Nate threw down his money and rushed out. Kate looked at the bill and Nate’s payment and then pulled a five out of her wallet. “He’s not just a terrible date, he’s also a terrible tipper,” Kate said as she handed the money to the waiter. At least someone delivered a warm smile and thank you to her that evening. My friend Tim had a similar, yet opposite experience with his OKCupid match. Ellen and Tim had spoken on the phone for four hours before they met for coffee. On the phone, he had found her to be intelligent and engaging. In person, he thought she was physically beautiful. She commented Tim looked just like his handsome photo. Nice start. Within five minutes of sitting down, Ellen told Tim about a conflict in her life. He was entirely sympathetic to her. “Yeah, I agree with you about that,” he said. “I don’t need you to agree with me,” she replied in a combative voice. “What? I’m on your side.” “I don’t need you to be on my side,” she said. Tim was totally on guard at that point, but wanted to see how it would play out. A few seconds of silence ensued, which Ellen broke. “Do you think I need your approval? I don’t.” “You’re deliberately picking a fight with me,” Tim said. “You’re being abusive and I’m not going to take it.” Total time from sitting down to leaving: six minutes. Tim couldn’t get away from Ellen fast enough. Literally. She followed him to the street and walked beside him. “Get away from me,” he said. “I’m not leaving,” she declared. Tim walked away as fast as he could. She stayed on his heels until they reached the corner. He sprinted across the street against the light and could hear her yelling at him as he disappeared into the neighborhood behind Magnolia in Larkspur. Tim’s date was so bad he ran away. Kate’s date was so bad she tortured him by staying. OKCupid’s arrows shot far off-course for my two friends. This, by the way, is why I stay in my safe relationship with my noncommittal beau. Beats faulty math any old day. < Email: nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com

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VI saw the large truck heading for my car, felt the jarring impact and heard the crunching metal. Although my car was in the middle of a Mill Valley intersection, I jumped out, frantic to get to my dog Bruno and his pal Jake in the back of my station wagon, right at the point of impact. Immediately, people rushed to help. Susannah made sure I wasn’t hurt and consoled me. Michael Fiscus witnessed the accident and stayed with me through the entire ordeal. When the police arrived, I was still shaken. Sgt. Mike Lane was kind and professional as he interviewed me. Officer Lane Milde checked on my dogs and reassured me. I am touched deeply by the compassion of these fine people. Thank you.

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WUsually we tell you about a Zero. Today, we’re showing you one. To take a peek at a cunning crook in action, go to www. marysfutons.com. The thief entered Mary’s Futons in Terra Linda and told the salesperson he was waiting for his fiancee to arrive, because they needed lots of furniture for their new home. Wandering about alone for 45 minutes, he suddenly appeared at the checkout counter. Just seconds before, the salesperson had stepped away from the area. The outlaw looked around, grabbed the store’s laptop and ran. We don’t think this was his first time at the rip-off rodeo and likely won’t be his last. If you know this Zero, protect other Marin merchants from his sticky fingers by contacting the San Rafael police.—Nikki Silverstein

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hough I’m not fond of any Internet dating site, OKCupid has to be the worst. Because I’m oh so clever, I call it OKStupid. Folks, you get what you pay for. It’s a free service. Anyone and everyone can join. And they have. OKCupid is up to 7 million members, and according to the website, it’s “the fastest-growing online dating site.” Without charging to get into the park, the site is a playground filled with sex hounds, oddballs and complete kooks. Sure, nice people are there too. Like some of my friends who remain hopeful that OKCupid’s algorithm-based matching will perform mathematical magic. Poof. Their true loves will appear on their iPhones in the form of 2-by-2-inch photos. My best friend Kate said her cousin Joanie tried every dating site and deemed OKCupid the winner. That’s how Kate found Nate. They emailed and then met in the bar area at Il Fornaio in Corte Madera. Kate found it interesting that Nate flirted with the hostess, but was rude to the waiter. As they studied the wine menu, Nate, a self-proclaimed wine connoisseur, told Kate about the fabulous cabernet that accompanied his steak at a business dinner in San Diego the previous evening. Wanting to be respectful of his expertise, Kate allowed him to select her wine, which the nice waiter delivered quickly. “Where are you from?” Nate asked. “Southern California,” Kate said. “I lived in L.A., San Diego and Del Mar. My family’s still there.” “I work up and down the coast, so I spend a lot of time in that area.” “Your daughter’s in school there, right?” Kate inquired. “UCLA?” “Why do you ask?” he said. Nate’s eyes narrowed and he spoke in a harsh tone. “I saw on your essay that your daughter goes to college in Southern California and...” “That is an inappropriate first date question,” Nate interrupted. “Why is that inappropriate?” she asked. “We’ve been talking about how I lived down there and you work there.” Kate felt he was looking at her as if she had just grown three heads. “Irrelevant,” he said. “OK. Are there any other rules I should know about?” Nate pointed toward the bar. “You go sit over there,” he commanded. “You can,” Kate said defiantly. “I’m not leaving.” “Then I am,” Nate said.

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make Roach’s books so entertaining and unique. For example, in Chapter 6, “ThrowI would have these images in my mind and ing Up and Down, The Astronaut’s Secret I found it sort of disturbing and I thought, Misery,” she seamlessly ties in space travel Was this kind of a mistake? What have and rocket science with the time that David I gotten myself into?” she says. “But like Bowie played John Merrick in the London anything, you get used to it. And all of the stage production of The Elephant Man, bodies in Stiff were anonymous and they wearing no makeup or prosthetics on stage. were in a laboratory setting, an educational The connection is brilliant and exactly what setting. It was very different than seeing, makes Roach’s writing so intriguing. say, someone who had been in a car crash Though her science writing is a blend of or someone you knew.” There aren’t that many dead bodies in the humorous, the practical and the absurd, Packing for Mars—though at one point she Roach has received plenty of support from scientists who read her discusses the Orion Spacework—despite her lack of craft using cadavers as PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF any formal education or crash-test dummies—and The One Book, One Marin degrees in science-related Roach does get down to launch party takes place fields. the fascinating functions Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7pm at “I got some wonderful and the nitty-gritty expeBook Passage, 51 Tamal Vista feedback from the people riences that living bodies Blvd., Corte Madera. Events at NASA, which has been encounter in the world of take place through April. such a thrill for me bespace travel. Zero-gravity For more information about cause I had a lot of apprelife, after all, is something the One Book, One Marin hension being somebody programs, check out www. to ponder as we move into without a science degree onebookonemarin.org. a world in which space and an outsider in that tourism grows increaswhole space community,” ingly possible. So Roach she says. dove in head first and visRoach says she hasn’t gotten many ited various programs to discover, firsthand, complaints about her books—though a few what this space talk really means. How did she convince these serious rocket readers seem to have hoped Spook would’ve scientists to let her participate? And, how do proven the existence of an afterlife, and some parents attempted to remove copies of Bonk they select astronauts for real-life space missions? Some of the criteria shocked Roach as from school libraries. Roach focuses the humor in her books primarily on her own much as it will her readers. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration experience as an outsider, which, for many, Agency, or JAXA, for example, brings in is the key element that makes her work so psychologists to analyze patterns on indi- accessible to the average nonscientist. This accessibility is among the many vidual dinner plates in order to understand the flexibility and personalities of potential reasons Packing for Mars was the first nonficcandidates. JAXA also gave participants a tion work chosen for One Book, One Marin. “We absolutely wanted to do something somewhat unusual task: Each person was different and we also wanted to choose asked to fold 1,000 paper cranes. The exercise was intended to test applicants’ stress something that might appeal to a larger audience,” says One Book, One levels. If patience levels start Marin project coordinator to unravel under the pressure Gayle Peterson. of folding 1,000 perfect oriA collaborative endeavor gami birds, analysts will noamong Book Passage, the Marin tice and very often deem the County public libraries and subjects unworthy of outerDominican University, the One gravity missions. Book, One Marin commit“I would fail that test. I tee looks at a variety of factors would absolutely fail that test,” while making a selection. predicts Roach. Here’s a test “Number one, we want to she actually did fail: “I tried choose from Bay Area authors out for isolation and I failed and number two, we want to the second round because make sure the book has been they told me, ‘You passed your released in paperback so it’s physical so we’ll be calling more affordable,” says Peterson. you in a few weeks.’ And they called me at 4 in the morning and I did not “We also like it to be a book that would take great care to hide my annoyance—and work with a lot of different programming that was the test! They really want to find out possibilities.” And Packing for Mars provides its share what makes somebody tick.” of programming possibilities. This year’s Though disqualified from her attempt events include stargazing parties, astronto go into isolation, she was offered other omy workshops, discussions with former opportunities to get a taste of space life, including the experience of zero gravity, the NASA astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Mars Institute’s Dr. Pascal Lee, a space stamost exciting and awe-inspiring aspect of tion open house, a space trivia evening with her research. Howard Rachelson, the Pacific Sun’s trivia In addition to her humorous insights, it master, and much, much more. And, as in might be the use of lengthy footnotes that

previous years, all programs are free and open to the public. For Roach’s fans who are looking for more of the stomach-flopping and chokeback-laughter scientific tales she offers in Packing for Mars, her next book, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, hits the stands this April. “The subtitle is Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, or more fun and gross shenanigans with the human body,” Roach says and laughs. “There’s obviously a lot of interest in

food and eating. It’s reflected a lot in books about food and cooking and I just felt that nobody really pays attention to the equipment, and the people who study it are quirky and interesting. It’s, again, unusual things that you wouldn’t really think about.” Until then, Packing for Mars will satiate the curiosity of even the most scientific of Marinites, leaving all laughing and with a sense of awe for all that we humans can endure, create and dare to ponder. < Ask Dani what planet she’s from at dburlison@pacificsun.com.

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New ‘interim’ general manager pipes into Ross Valley Sanitary District There’s going to be a new face of sanitation in the Ross Valley, as the sanitary district announced last week it has hired a new interim general manager to keep things flowing in Fairfax, San Anselmo, Ross, Larkspur and surrounding neighborhoods. According to the RSVD, Greg Norby is an 18-year veteran of the sewage business, with previous stints as water utility manager in Redding and, most recently, four years as the water district general manager in Mammoth. Sanitary district board president Frank Egger describes it as “lucky” that Norby was moving to the area at the same time the district was looking for a new GM. “Miracles can happen, even to the Ross Valley Sanitary District,” says Egger. “This has to be an omen of good things to come.” The RSVD has had its share of controversies in recent years—from disputes with neighboring sanitary districts to a series of lawsuits to poorly managed pipe spills. Last year, former district general manager Brett Richards resigned after reports surfaced that he’d received a loan of $350,000 from the district to be used for housing, though he had never purchased a house in the county. In a press release regarding Norby’s hiring, district officials made sure to point out the new interim GM is moving to Tennessee Valley in southern Marin. Norby’s “interim” position is for a six-and-a-half month probationary period, after which the district will consider making him permanent. He’ll start his $172,000 a year job Feb. 15.

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Once, ten years ago, Marin County had been something they could regard with a mixture of wistfulness and detachment through the haze of smoke at the Buena Vista on Sunday mornings while they drank aquavit and decided where to go for dim sum. Now they lived in Mill Valley. Not in the house they had in mind when they moved, though: the old canyon house with the view of Mount Tam, the leaded windows, the decks and the immutable Marin ambiance—a sunny blend of affluence, redwoods, bohemianism and the golden oak furniture bought for a song on McAllister Street...

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nd so begins Cyra McFadden’s New York Times Marin skewering. After impressing Sun editors with a few best-seller The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin humor pieces, the Mill Valley mom was approached to fill County, the saga of Kate and Harvey Holroyd and the void left when the Sun pulled out of San Francisco and their quest for the perfectly mellow, perfectly hip, perfect- Maupin moved his short-lived narrative to the San Franly go-with-the-flow life in Marin, circa 1976. cisco Chronicle (where it would go on to fame as Tales of The novel, originally published that year as a weekly, the City). McFadden agreed to write a single installment, serialized column in the Pacific Sun, follows the Holroyds covering “A Week in the Life of Marin County,” to test through disastrous attempts at an open relationship, the waters. It was an overnight success and “The Serial” consciousness-raising groups, primal therapy and even continued throughout the year—until a publishing house through drama over an asparagus steamer. Insert the came calling and her Sun column was novelized as The words “Pilates,” “kombucha,” “Prius” and “BOB jogging Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County. stroller” and the novel could be a contemporary satire Of course no column can exist without content and of the affluent self-improvement community that Marin McFadden was sitting on a velvet-lined gold mine when was, is and likely will be into the future. it came to available material for a send-up of Marin. The It’s this timeless aspect of the book—and Marin— entire human potential movement of 1970s Marin could that British e-book publishing company Apostrophe have been a novel in itself. Add to that Rolfing sessions, Books is counting on. Late last year, Apostrophe EST forums, macrame, waterbeds, New-Age commitmarked the 35th anniversary of The Serial by releasment ceremonies inspired by Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet ing the quintessential ’70s book in the quintessential and the works of Federico GarcÌa Lorca—the comic 21st century book format. And, yes, the e-edition still possibilities were practically endless. (“I remember Hefeatures the immortal illustrations of former Pacific Sun liotrope University, which had courses like participatory artistic director Tom Cervenak. salad making,” recalls McFadden.) Apostrophe is banking on the idea that reading about O O O O bourgeois egocentric Americans never goes out of style. THOUGH THE BOOK was well received around Yet prior to the release of McFadden’s original, such a the country and abroad (the book has been transgenre had been relatively untapped. lated into Dutch and rumored to be bootlegged into So in the I’m OK—You’re OK days of the Me DeJapanese), The Serial was no laughing matter for many cade, the book provided, for many, an early look into in Marin. McFadden was the target of resentment the burgeoning culture of privileged Marinites and and harassment from locals who felt that the column their idiosyncratic lifestyles—a glimpse through the poked too much fun at their attempts to shape a new peacock feathers at a decadence that many flaunted existence in the post-Vietnam era. openly and self-righteously. At one point, McFadden unlisted her telephone numAnd was ripe for biting satire. ber because of threatening calls. Her home was pelted As it often happens in the book world, McFadden happened to be the right kind of writer, living in the right with eggs. She was even “banned” from local businesses and received scores of letters admonishing her for her place at the right time. scathing “value judgments.” Today McFadden, 75, has “It wasn’t so much my friends or the events in my friends’ lives that I made notes about or that seeped into a sense of self-reflective humor about her Serial days— though she admits that the animosity was difficult to The Serial, it was more bits of overheard conversation. cope with at the time. I eavesdrop a lot,” says McFadden at a downtown San “Rightly, they felt that I was poking fun at something Rafael cafe. “I didn’t use it in the book but I remember they took very seriously and that was very important to I heard someone say earnestly to someone else at the them,” says McFadden, who returned to Marin 15 years next table: ‘You’ve just gotta be you because if you’re ago after leaving Mill Valley for stints in San Francisco, not gonna be you, who is going to be?’ And I was just New York and London. “I should have anticipated that stunned—that kind of vaporous language was floating reaction. I was so new and green, really, as a writer. I around Marin all over the place.” had some publication credits, but I’d never stuck ha ainly The eye-rolling Marin-speak of the day certainly my thumb into the waters locally quite like that as influenced the content of The Serial, but it was and—oh man! It was just astonishing!” by young San Francisco writer Armistead MauThe column, says McFadden, caused Marin Dani pin who first penned “The Serial” in the Pacific to step back and deeply reflect upon, well, itself. Burlison Sun’s short-lived S.F. edition—a fictionalized “The IJ ran a big series about ‘what Marin saga of Marina-neighborhood hipsters, which means to me,’” says McFadden. “And people would soon open the door for McFadden’ss 10 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31, 2013

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wrote about picnics on the says, that helped the column get beach with their little rosythe recognition she needed to hit cheeked children.” the radar at Alfred A. Knopf and There was a lot of “love it or land a book deal. “It worked to my leave it,” she says. advantage eventually,” she says. “My biggest disappointment McFadden went on to have a was that, at one point, Mill Valley second book published—Rain or was building a new sewage treatShine: A Family Memoir, which ment plant and somebody wrote was a Pulitzer finalist in 1986— a letter to the Mill Valley Record and later wrote a column for the suggesting that it be named for San Francisco Examiner. looks back fondly me,” McFadden says. “I would McFadden Peacock feathers and all, on her ‘Serial’ days... though have loved that!” she preferred the ones in McFadden says there is little she A movie version of The Sewhich her house wasn’t be- would do differently as a writer, ing egged. rial (starring Martin Mull and though looking back, penning unTuesday Weld!) and a 1978 NBC der a pseudonym might have been documentary about Marin did a good idea. Still, the book has little to keep McFadden’s critics at bay. The continued to find an audience, with several NBC film—titled I Want It All Now—featured editions published both in the United States an interview with McFadden and portrayed and England, where it’s retained its notoriety Marin residents as wealthy, self-obsessed, through the years, which is why Apostrophe overly indulgent narcissists. In perhaps the Books approached her about a digital edition. documentary’s most infamous segment, a “One of Apostrophe’s missions is to woman lies on a table while a pair of nude republish brilliant books that deserve new Adonises massages her with pealife, and The Serial was always top cock feathers (“How could I be so of my wish list,” says Martyn ForThe Serial: A Year lucky?” she wonders aloud.) rester, who launched Apostrophe in the Life of Marin County “I want to go on record, yet Books in February of last year. “I The book is again, that there were no peacock was in my 20s when the book first available for download feathers in The Serial. People came out to rave reviews, and I can for Kindle, Nook, chased me around with peacock remember buying a copy straight Kobo, iBooks and feathers for years,” she says. “Every after I saw Newsweek describe it other e-readers at place I went, people waved peaas ‘one of the most delicious acts apostrophebooks.com cock feathers.” of cultural sabotage since Mark ($5.99). It was that type of furor, she Twain.’ That was a bold statement,

because I loved Mark Twain, but it turned out to be true. The Serial is that good—it’s iconic, right up there with Catch-22, Dr. Strangelove and Huckleberry Finn.” In preparing the e-edition, Apostrophe tracked down Tom Cervenak (via a call for his current whereabouts in the Pacific Sun's letters page), who illustrated a new piece of artwork for the edition, and readers have been busy downloading The Serial complete with McFadden's new intro since it first became available in late December. “It's tough to write consistently good satire, but Cyra McFadden is a master. She satirizes an entire self-obsessed age, page after page polarity balancing, Zen jogging, pet psychiatry, she skewers the lot,” says Forrester. “The Serial is also as relevant today as it ever was because human basics haven't

changed that much. All of us know a Kate and Harvey Holroyd .” “I knew why they liked it so much,” says McFadden, of her British fan base. “Because it confirmed their conviction that [Americans] were all materialistic airheads!” Today, McFadden enjoys a relatively lowprofile life in Sausalito, where she works as a book editor and has been “noodling” with a new novel. Marin is her home, a place she refers to as beautiful and full of people who have "mellowed out.” McFadden looks back at the past 35 years with gratitude, and only one major regret. “Anyone can get the National Book Award...but a sewage treatment plant? I would have been unique in the universe!” < Satirize Dani at dburlison@pacificsun.com.

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of blue. I recently found a bride who had stenciled a mini TARDIS—the time-traveling machine from Doctor Who—onto the soles of her heels at offbeatbride.com! And the style of the wedding shouldn’t be confined to the clothes on the bride and groom’s backs. Things like handmade table-number holders crafted from wine or champagne corks, centerpieces with succulents instead of flowers (that guests can take home) and handmade ribbon wands for the little ones on the guest list all add a special something to any wedding. One couple I know even collected champagne bottles over the course of a year, used a glass cutter to remove the necks of the bottles and used them as elegant vases on each reception table. And the food at weddings is even stylish these days! Towers of cupcakes adorned with flowers and tables of pies are becoming more common in lieu of traditional cakes. After working the wedding circuit for years as both an officiant and a photography assistant, these sweet accents are what really make each wedding unique and so memorable for m me. And there is no shortage of o ideas out websites like Style there. Popular websit Me Pretty (stylemepretty.com) (stylemepr ( and Offbeat Bride (offbeatbride.com) feature creative solutions for those on even the smallest budget budgets. And to keep things local, a new website, Wedding Weddings in Marin (weddingsinma (weddingsinmarin.com), to lists local businesses busin assist—from gown g sales t local DJs. to No matter the style eeach ea ch couple decides on n for thei their big day, make it fun and unique. And uni wh whatever you do, stop stressing! stre You’re in love. Enjoy it. <

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he original Trident’s Me Decade hey- between paying homage to the restaurant’s day was over 40 years ago, rendering past without being defined by it. newer Marin residents’ association And from what we’ve seen, the new with the Sausalito hotspot down to a few Trident is tripping on just the right astral amusing chapters in The Serial and that plane of grooviness. scene in Play It Again, Sam where Woody To begin with, the place looks great—it Allen fumbles across the restaurant’s deck, always has. The deep-red wood-slatted accidentally slamming his hand into a pro- walls, the modernist arches, the circular spective blind date’s salad (“Forgive me... it booth in the center of the main dining Is the Trident still groovy enough for Marin? needed tossing, anyhow.�) area, the incredible south-facing wintichoke, spinach and onions in a red wine But, now that it’s reopened as the dows, the flower-power ceiling—aside sauce. With the help of a piece of table Trident after three decades as the touristfrom refurbished wood floors and an bread, the plate was literally clean by the dominated (and blandly named) Horizons, upper deck off the upstairs room that the restaurant is both enhanced by its stoused to house Ondine, there hasn’t been a time the server began clearing the course. The menu leans toward seafood (scallops ried past and, in some ways, saddled by it. lot of fixing to its unbroken interior from $29; grilled salmon $24; fish ’n’ chips $20; For you squares out there, here’s the the Trident/Horizon’s years. (There’s a cioppino $34), but those not inclined can dope: The Trident was initially launched stark decrease in ferns.) On the evening in 1960 as a refined jazz-dinner club by of our visit, a cool-jazz pianist tinkled the also find New York steak in green peppercorn ($39), a burger with the works ($14) members and management of the hit- ivories in the background and red-hued making late ’50s folk lights cast an amber glow and chicken breast in mole sauce ($24), among other inviting offerings. group the Kingston Trio. across the dining room. Dessert featured a lava cake ($8) and The Trio weren’t the first It had a trendy, but warm THE TRIDENT banana bites ($8)—we preferred the singers to invest in a resfeel. (Prior to the live 558 Bridgeway, 1st floor, Sausalito; molten-rock inspired dish; the flourless taurant—but they, and music, the sound system 415/331-3232. thetridentsausalito. cake itself was so-so, but the surroundtheir manager Frank was streaming classic com. Open for lunch Monday through ing creamy ganache and berries raised Friday 11:30am-4pm, Saturday and Werber, were certainly rock oldies—which is Sunday 11am-4pm; dinner Sunday it up a notch. The banana bites come among the first to recogabout as hip as if the through Thursday 4-9pm, Saturday nize the society-shifting original Trident staff had with chocolate dipping sauce, are coated and Sunday 4-10pm. in a coconut “dust� and are generously weight of rock ’n’ roll blasted Mitch Miller on portioned—a definite must for banana and its emerging counthe eight-track.) terculture (didn’t hurt Service was quick and enthusiasts, but also surprisingly rich. A that Marin was ground zero for hippie- efficient; our drink and starter orders were good plate to share. The clientele on our Friday evening visdom). By 1966, stately waiters had given received immediately, and we were crunchit was a mix of older couples and younger way to braless servers, an organic-leaning ing into the crab with kimchi ($18) quicker menu (groundbreaking for the time) and than you could say “what’s kimchi?� (It’s families—no one appeared to be waiting interior design that openly reflected the sort of a spicy Korean coleslaw.) Served for a table, but empty seats were few. We psychedelic zeitgeist of the day. Regulars in a martini glass with dipping crackers like that the Trident has a contemporary feel—we hope that means included Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Grace tucked to the side, the mix it’s not aiming for touristy Slick, Jerry Garcia and David Crosby; of Dungeness with the pepnostalgia and will cater to bands like the Stones and Led Zeppelin pery cabbage was a hit, and Tom Dooley lives! locals as much as it invariheld post-concert parties there; a College served as a zesty counter“Where have all the young men ably will to San Franciscans of Marin student named Robin Williams point to the persimmon salgone?�the Kingston Trio asked in who come for its notoriety. 1963. Well, it seems some of them bused tables. ad ($11) that refreshed our Which is pretty much what have gone on in their folk-fathers’ By the time the Reagan era rolled palates with its mix of wafootsteps. it did 40 years ago. around, the scene had grown up, Werber tercress, radicchio and Pt. On Jan. 28, Josh Reynolds—son of Resurrecting the past and the Trio had gone their separate ways, Reyes blue cheese. Accordthe Kingston Trio’s Nick Reynolds— while staying relevant in the and the Trident was, in more ways than ing to the restaurant’s webwill join friends Mike Marvin and present is no easy thing— one, history. site, chef James Montejano Tim Gorelangton in the premiere just ask many of the rockBut toward the end of last year, a new is “known for fusion-style performance of the Lion Sons, a and-roll glitterati who hung ownership group took over—folks behind cuisine,� and it’s definitely musical tribute to the Kingston out at the restaurant the first the Buena Vista Cafe in S.F.—in the hopes evident on the current Trio. Trident regular Chris Rowan time around. But we think of recapturing that certain trident-se-qua menu. will also be singing songs from the Trident is on the right the era. Guests are encouraged to that has long been associated with the Our entrees were mixed. track. Though, as interestcome in attire from the 1960s and building at 558 Bridgeway—built in 1898 The petrale sole ($26) was ‘70s; prizes will be awarded for best ing as it is to have a ’70s-era to house the San Francisco Yacht Club, by languid, livened up someget-up. The show is a benefit for the menu on the wall, we questhe way—and establish its reputation once what by a lemony white Sausalito Historical Society. $45, 5 to tion the wisdom in remindagain as Marin’s hip restaurant with the wine and butter sauce and 8pm at the Trident, 558 Bridgeway, ing diners they could get a great views. accompanying roasted poSausalito. Call 415/289-4117, email steak at the old Trident for a Still, it’s 2013. And those card-carrying tatoes. More impressive info@sausalitohistoricalsociety.org cool $12.50. The times they counterculture customers from back in the was the flat iron steak ($26), or send a check to SHS, P.O. Box 352, are a-changin’ indeed. < day are now card-carrying AARP customnicely cooked to order and Sausalito, CA 94966. Catch Jason’s vibe at jwalsh@pacificsun.com. ers, and one challenge for today’s Trident surrounded by a fantastic management is to find the right balance mix of roasted potatoes, ar-

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look at Sorentinos bassist Rob Ruiz’s scrapbook of news clips is packed with more than 30 years of rock-solid reviews. There are articles about the band’s well-received U.K. tours; opening slots for Bob Dylan, Jeff Beck, Buck Owens and other top acts; their guitar-driven Tom Petty-influenced jangle-pop style; L.A. showcases for record-industry insiders and a string of critically acclaimed CDs. But too many of those reviews lament that the Sorentinos—whose lead singer and namesake Danny Sorentino has penned dozens of memorable hookheavy rock songs—are one of Northern California’s best unsigned bands. “It’s a funny thing,” says Sorentino, when asked about the many times the band has grabbed for the brass ring and failed, “I reflect on it a lot at certain times, other times I try not to reflect on it at all. For whatever reason, it wasn’t supposed to be—I never got a major record deal and all that kind of stuff. You ask yourself, why? You see people who probably have less talent and yet

they were able to ring out that one hit and make a living from it. And that’s all I ever wanted—I just wanted to make a living at this; I didn’t want to be a superstar or anything. “For me, it’s always been about the work.” The Sorentinos—Sorentino, Ruiz, guitarist Howard Vatcher and drummer Rory Judge—perform Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8:30pm, at the Session Room at Hopmonk Tavern in Novato. In his third decade onstage and in the studio, Sorentino has never stopped chasing down his dream. At 57, he holds down a day job as a longshoreman (Ruiz, the band’s other original member, is a Marin County park ranger), but he also continues to spin out catchy rock and blues songs that would be the envy of more famous musicians. Like “Ray Davies Day,” a clever homage to the Kinks’ main man. “I’ve been doing this so long that it’s hard for me to write a bad song at this point,” he says during a phone interview from his home while nursing the flu.

According to the band’s website, Danny Sorentino, second from right, wrote his first song in 1975 ‘and it was not very good... so he has kept trying with varying levels of success to this very day.’

“I’m not saying that everything I write is great, but I know the craft well enough after 35 years that I can write a song that will stick in people’s heads. “It will have some intrinsic value.” And then there are “the special ones” that seem to just float into his consciousness.

“With those, it’s just a matter of having the craft, but there’s also the little gift, those songs that arrive all in one piece,” he says. “They just pop right in and within 15 to 20 minutes you’ve pretty much got the whole thing. Those are the ones that just come from the ether.” Case in point: “If Life was Fair,” from the newly released album Blues Century Twenty One, a song that reflects the band’s ups-and-downs in the industry and the frustration that can come, despite all the hard work. “You know, you play so many gigs, opening for Peter Frampton at the Saratoga Mountain Winery, and people come up to me and say, ‘I can’t believe I never heard of you.’ And then they’ll say, ‘Hey, have you ever thought of getting your songs played on the radio?’” Sorentino says. “I’ve heard that a million times. The frustrating thing is knowing that I could be in that circle of musicians making a living at this. “So, that’s what that song was about. If life was fair then all this stuff would happen. But it’s not, so you make the most with what you’ve got.” The result is 15 albums chock-full of intelligent pop songs inspired by such British Invasion bands as the Kinks and fueled by what Sorentino characterizes as a mix of humor and anger. “On the live part of it, I just like to rock,” he says of his commitment to music. “I just like to create music that makes people want to dance. I figure if you can get them in the head and get them in the feet then you’ve pretty much done your job.” < Hum a few bars to Greg at gcahill@51@gmail.com.

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››THAT TV GUY FRIDAY, JAN. 25 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen This is the one where the Transformers are mad because they have to pay for the upgrade to Windows 8. (2009) FX. 7pm. Event Horizon A spaceship sent hurtling past the speed of light returns with the crew missing, the spacecraft haunted by nightmarish visions and a mysterious object that clouds the mind and almost makes you forget how much better Alien was. (1997) IFC. 8pm.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 26 Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed It turns out they leave a key under the mat. History Channel. 6pm. Gran Torino Clint Eastwood is an angry old man who can’t relate to the modern world. He’s also in this movie about a bitter suburban retiree. (2008) TNT. 7pm. Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace If any of you picked on Maz at Redwood High School, please go directly to the mirror and say, “I suck.� Showtime. 8:30pm. You’ve Got Mail Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in this tale of a romance blooming on the Internet. We preferred the sequel, “You’ve Got Porn.� (1998) E! 9pm.

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operators on the Florida coast offers a glimpse of a cutthroat trade where fortunes can be made from the bad luck of others, like vultures with sunburns and Jimmy Buffet T-shirts. Discovery Channel. 9pm. 90210 Annie experiences an alternate reality in which she never left Kansas, becoming reacquainted with heartland values, humidity and the nose she was born with. CW. 9pm.

TUESDAY, JAN. 29 Escape from New York A mercenary is dropped into a Manhattan-turned-penal colony to rescue the president. It’s a savage urban wasteland governed by ruthless warlords who rule with violence and cruelty. But they’ll let you buy a 64-ounce soda if you want one. (1981) AMC. 6pm. Henry Ford: American Experience The story of the auto industry pioneer whose brilliance helped give us such modern miracles as traffic jams, assembly-line work, outsourcing and cup holders that dump coffee in your lap if you so much as look at a speed bump. KQED PBS. 9pm. Starter Wives Confidential This new reality series follows the lives of women who were married to famous men before they became famous. You may have seen their column in “Bitter Homes and Gardens.�TLC. 9pm. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation When a teen is killed at a rave, investigators must not only determine the cause of death, they also have to put together a wicked cool light show for the funeral and make a mix tape to go with the police report. CBS. 10pm. The Tonight Show Quentin Tarantino is hyping the Oscar chances for his controversial Django Unchained and discussing plans for a Nickelodeon spinoff, “Django in the House.� NBC. 11:35pm.

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efore the genre was appropriated television—it becomes evident that it is by movies and TV in the late 20th less about spying and more a morality play century, well-written “psychological that uses Barbara as a surrogate to weigh thrillersâ€?—dramas that linked mysterious the individual’s right of privacy against and frightening events with post-Freudian the state’s obligation to defend itself. That speculations about their human origins— could be an interesting focus, but unforwere a staple of America’s community tunately, Whitemore leads to the amoral theaters. Plays like Sleuth, The Turn of (and, in my opinion, utterly indefensible) the Screw and Gaslight kept audiences in conclusion that since everybody lies, one suspense and box ofďŹ ces humming. untruth is no better than another. Perhaps that’s what the programmers at Director Molly Noble and her talented Ross Valley Players had in cast have an uphill battle mind when they scheduled against this blast of cynicism, Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of but luckily they prove up NOW PLAYING Lies as the company’s ďŹ rst to the task. Ingratiating at Pack of Lies runs 2013 offering. If so, they times, threatening at others, through Feb. 17 at the overlooked the fact that Steve Price is an imposing Barn Theatre, Marin Whitemore’s script, based and quite believable Stewart. Art & Garden Center, on the real life story of an Malcolm Rodgers captures 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. InformaAmerican couple who deBob Jackson’s inner tension as tion: 415/456-9555 or fected to the Soviet side he tries to balance support of rossvalleyplayers.com. during the waning years of his wife with the growing susthe Cold War, doesn’t repicion that their ever-friendly ally ďŹ t the “psychological neighbors have deceived them. thrillerâ€? deďŹ nition. In her debut adult-level role, Tess O’Brien Posing as a Canadian book agent who is an appealing Julie Jackson. Mary Ann worked at home, “Peter Krogerâ€? and his Rodgers and Craig Neibaur are solid as the wife, “Helen,â€? moved to England in the Krogers—their entre scene monologue is early 1960s, settling in the sleepy middleamong the show’s highlights—and Melanie class London suburb of Ruislip. Their misBandera-Hess and Livia Demarchi are solid sion was to provide a “safe houseâ€? for KGB as the police lookouts. spies who were collecting and forwarding Much of the play’s dramatic heavy lifting intelligence about the U.K.’s development falls to Tina Taylor as Barbara Jackson. As of defenses against Russia’s expanding subalready noted, it’s a difďŹ cult role that she marine eet. To help avoid detection, the performs heroically until her ďŹ nal-scene Krogers sought to blend in with the combreakdown sends her crashing over the munity by becoming close friends with the emotional cliff. A little research reveals that Jacksons—Barbara, Bob and their teenage Rosemary Harris, who played the part durdaughter, Julie—who lived across the road. ing Pack of Lies’1986 New York premiere, Everything is humming along normally was similarly reviewed. One has to ask: Is inside the Jacksons’ typical tract house there no way around this mineďŹ eld? < (set by Ron Krempetz) when the doorbell Contact Charles at cbrousse@juno.com. announces the arrival of a stranger who Mary Ann Rodgers and identiďŹ es himself as a British counterinSteve Price give it their telligence agent named Stewart. Politely, cloak-and-dagger best but insistently—and without offering any this month in the Barn. proof of wrongdoing—Stewart makes it clear that he expects them to grant permission for his spotters to use their house to observe the Krogers’ comings and goings. If the story were not fact-based, Barbara Jackson’s initial refusal to believe that their trusted friends are criminals might have supplied the play with the needed suspense. Here, with the Kroger case having been widely reported, its outcome is known from the beginning. As Pack of Lies develops through a series of relatively brief scenes separated by increasingly annoying blackouts—a structure that probably reects Whitemore’s background in British ďŹ lm and

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Leading Actress R Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty” R Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook” R Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour” R Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild” R Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Supporting Actress R Amy Adams in “The Master” R Sally Field in “Lincoln” R Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables” R Helen Hunt in “The Sessions” R Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

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M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af for d O Amour (2:05) Critically acclaimed French drama stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva as an elderly Parisian couple battling the realities of old age. O Argo (2:00) Ben Affleck directs and stars in the true-life story of the Iran hostage crisis and an unbelievable covert operation to rescue six American prisoners. O Broken City (1:49) One-man vigilante squad Mark Wahlberg takes on corrupt New York City mayor Russell Crowe in a thistime-it’s-personal rampage of vengeance and redemption. O

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

(1:50) William Goldman’s happily anachronistic western stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the most affable desperadoes in history; music by Burt Bacharach. O Django Unchained (2:45) Quentin Tarantino über-Western about a slaveturned-bounty hunter (Jamie Foxx), his still-enslaved wife (Kerry Washington) and the plantation owner (Leo DiCaprio) who stands in their way. O Girl of the Golden West (1:15) Familyfriendly, helpfully subtitled abridged version of the rollicking Puccini opera set in the Sierra foothills circa 1849. O Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (1:28) Scarred by the near-death gingerbread-house experience of their youth, the sibs grow up to be vengeance-seeking bounty hunters in form-fitting leather outfits. O A Haunted House (1:26) Marlon Wayans horror parody about a possessed young bride whose inner demons are interfering with her husband’s sex life; Cedric the Entertainer costars. O The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2:46) Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Balin, Smaug and others return to the big screen; major must-see for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien or facial hair. O The Impossible (1:43) A vacationing family learns the true meaning of courage and compassion when they’re caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star. O The Intouchables (1:52) True tale of the bond that developed between a disabled French aristocrat and his caretaker, a black Muslim ex-con. O Jack Reacher (2:10) Lee Child’s enigmatic shamus comes to the big screen in the person of Tom Cruise; Werner Herzog costars! O The Last Stand (1:46) Our former guv is back, this time as a small-town sheriff pursuing a notorious drug kingpin. O Life of Pi (2:05) Ang Lee’s adaptation of the Yann Martel novel about an Indian teenager’s challenging odyssey: navigating across the Pacific in a life raft with a hyena, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger. O Lincoln (2:29) High-pedigree look at the 16th president’s four tumultuous years in office features a screenplay by Tony Kushner and stars Daniel Day-Lewis under the direction of Steven Spielberg. O Mama (1:40) Jessica Chastain stars as the 24 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 25 – JANUARY 31, 2013

foster mom of two abducted children who may be possessed by more than post-trauma stress. O The Master (2:17) Dazzling if overstated Paul Thomas Anderson drama about the Kane-like founder of a Scientology-ish religious sect; Philip Seymour Hoffman stars. O

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Sturada

(3:20) Mezzo soprano extraordinaire Joyce DiDonato stars in Donizetti’s epic bio-opera of Mary, Queen of Scots. O Les Miserables (2:38) All-star adaptation of the Victor Hugo musical extravaganza stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert and Anne Hathaway as the lovely Fantine. O Movie 43 (1:37) Comedy omnibus of ribald short subjects by Brett Ratner, Peter Farrelly and 10 fellow filmmakers stars Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Josh Duhamel, Emma Stone and a host of others. National Theatre London: The Magistrate (2:35) Direct from South Bank it’s

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A.W. Pinero’s fast and furious farce about an upstanding justice, his deceptive bride and her roustabout of a son. O Parental Guidance (1:36) Comedy ensues when groovy 20th century couple Bette Midler and Billy Crystal find themselves babysitting their nerdy, entitled 21st century grandkids. O Parker (1:58) Taylor Hackford caper flick follows Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham on a quest for ill-gotten booty. O Promised Land (1:46) Gus Van Sant directs Dave Eggers’ story about two corporate hotshots out of their element in a small town; Matt Damon and Hal Holbrook star. O Quartet (1:38) The cozy elegance of a retired musicians’ home is torn asunder when an ex-wife/diva arrives to open old wounds; Dustin Hoffman directs Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon. O

Riff Trax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space

(2:00) Ed Wood’s fabled apocalypse of a movie gets the stiletto treatment from Mystery Science Theater’s resident wise guys. O Rust and Bone (2:02) Marion Cotillard stars as a water-park animal trainer who forms a relationship with a Belgian bouncer raising a young son. O Silver Linings Playbook (2:02) David O. Russell comedy about a down-and-outer’s attempts to rebuild his life after losing his wife and his job and moving in with his parents; Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence star. O Sing-Along Wizard of Oz (1:41) Make beautiful music as Judy and the gang ease on down the road to Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s fabulous score. O Sparrows (1:40) Beautifully restored print of Mary Pickford’s silent expressionist melodrama about a band of orphans fleeing their wicked captor; live piano accompaniment! O Zero Dark Thirty (2:37) Kathryn Bigelow’s brutal docudrama about an elite team of ops and agents and their decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden. <

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Rafael: Fri 3:15, 6:15, 9 Sat 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9 Sun 12:45, 3:15, 6:15, 9 Mon-Thu 6:15, 9 Argo (R) Fairfax: 12:50, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Mon-Thu 7:15, 10:15 Northgate: 1:35, 4:35, 7:40, 10:25 Broken City (R) Northgate: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Rowland: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 N Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (PG) Regency: Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Wed 2, 7 Django Unchained (R) Fairfax: 12:40, 4:05, 7:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:45, 3:20, 7, 10:30 Mon-Thu 6:30, 10:05 Regency: 12:15, 4, 7:55 Sequoia: Fri 3:30, 7, 10 Sat 11:45, 3:25, 7, 10 Sun 11:45, 3:25, 7 Mon, Tue, Thu 4, 7:30 N Girl of the Golden West (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 11am (free admission) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Cinema: 11:50; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 4:40, 7, 9:20 Fairfax: 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40 Northgate: 11:30, 2; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 3:15, 4:30, 5:45, 7:05, 8:05, 9:30, 10:30 Rowland: 11:55; 3D showtimes at 2:30, 5:10, 7:35, 10 A Haunted House (R) Northgate: 12:35, 3, 5:25, 8 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG) Northgate: 12:20; 3D showtimes at 4:15, 8:10 The Impossible (PG-13) Lark: Fri-Sat 5:15, 8 Sun 12:15, 5:15 Mon-Tue, Thu 4, 6:30 Wed 4 Regency: 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:50 Sequoia: Fri 4:45, 7:20, 10:30 Sat 11:25, 2, 4:45, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 11:25, 2, 4:45, 7:20 Mon, Tue, Thu 4:20, 7:05 Wed 2, 4:40, 7:20 The Intouchables (R) Rafael: Fri 3:30, 6 Sat-Sun 1, 3:30, 6 Mon-Wed 6 Jack Reacher (PG-13) Northgate: 10:20pm The Last Stand (R) Northgate: 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10 Rowland: 4:15, 10:35 Life of Pi (PG) Fairfax: 3:50, 9:30 Marin: Fri 3:55; 3D showtimes at 7:15, 10:10 Sat 12:30; 3D showtimes at 3:55, 7:15, 10:10 Sun 12:30; 3D showtimes at 3:55, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:30; 3D showtime at 7:20 Northgate: 12:55; 3D showtimes at 4, 7:10, 10:05 Lincoln (PG-13) Fairfax: 12:35, 3:55, 7:15 Playhouse: 4:25, 7:40 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:25, 7:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:45, 3:10, 7, 10:15 Sun-Thu 11:45, 3:10, 7 Mama (PG-13) Northgate: 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Rowland: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 The Master (R) Rafael: Fri-Wed 8:20 The Metropolitan Opera: Lark: Wed 6:30 Maria Sturada (Not Rated) Les Miserables (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:20, 10:40 Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:45, 7:20, 10:40 Mon-Thu 6:45, 10:10 Northgate: 12:05, 3:45, 7:20 Rowland: 12:25, 7:05 N Movie 43 (R) Northgate: 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: 11:40, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 National Theatre London: Lark: Sat 1 The Magistrate (Not Rated) Parental Guidance (PG) Northgate: 1:25, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 N Parker (R) Northgate: 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Rowland: 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 Promised Land (R) Northgate: 11:40, 2:30, 5:05, 7:55, 10:30 N Quartet (PG-13) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:45 Mon-Thu 6:30, 8:45 N RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Regency: Thu 7:30 Outer Space (PG-13) Rust and Bone (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Sun-Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:15 Silver Linings Playbook (R) Fairfax: 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:35 Marin: Fri 4:10, 7:30, 10:15 Sat 1, 4:10, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 1, 4:10, 7:30 Mon-Thu 4:45, 7:30 Northgate: 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Rowland: 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 N Sing-Along Wizard of Oz (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 3 N Sparrows (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 7 Zero Dark Thirty (R) Fairfax: 1, 4:15, 7:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:10, 10:35 Sat-Sun 12, 3:35, 7:10, 10:35 Mon-Thu 7, 10:20 Marin: Fri 3:40, 7, 10:20 Sat 12:15, 3:40, 7, 10:20 Sun 12:15, 3:40, 7 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:40 Playhouse: 4:15, 7:30 Sat-Sun 1, 4:15, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:05, 1:55, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30, 9:20 Sun-Tue 12:05, 1:55, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30 Wed 12:05, 3:50, 7:30 Thu 12:05, 1:55, 3:50, 7:30 Rowland: 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20 N New Movies This Week

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

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Live music 01/25: Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks “I Feel Like Singin!” Singer-songwriter, jazz, folk and country. 8pm. $25. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.www.142throckmortontheatre.org. 01/25: Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time 10pm. $10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com.

01/25: The Gravel Spreaders 9pm. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com

01/25-26: Ramble with God Street Wine 7pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. www.terrapincrossroads.net. 01/25: Ooh! ‘It’s Friday Night!’ with special guest Andalusia Rose. 10pm. Free. Fourth St. Tavern, 711 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-4044. 01/25: Rusty Evans’ Ring of Fire Johnny Cash tribute, rockabilly, rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. www.perisbar.com.

01/25: The 7th Sons Dance songs of the ’60s. With Jake Baker, Mark Banning, Kurt Huget and Kim. 6:30pm. Free. The Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-2670. www.The7thSons.com. 01/25: The Taters With Curtis Lawson. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. 01/25: Tim Flannery Honest Americana played by an American sports hero. 8pm. $23. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/276: Beso Negro 9pm. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com

01/26: Harmonia 2013 Concert Series: Jeffrey Halford and the Healers Americana/blues performed in a legendary location. 9pm. $15. The Plant Studios, 2200 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 596-6870. www.jeffreyhalford.com. 01/26: Monophonics Psychedelic soul and heavy funk. 9pm. $17. Sweetwater Music Hall,

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In an economy where job security is virtually nonexistent, worker-owned cooperatives might just be the antidote to employment woes. Worker cooperatives aren’t just radical, anti-establishment collectives. According to the California Center for Cooperative Development, cooperative businesses are defined by the following: A cooperative is an organization that is owned and controlled by the people who use its products, supplies and/or services. Arizmendi’s Marin coop is at Rafael Town Center Plaza in downtown San Rafael. Cooperatives can vary in their particular purpose but share in common the fact that they are formed to meet the specific objectives of members, and structured to adapt to members’ changing needs. Self-reliance and self-help are the hallmark of cooperatives. These factors provide a win-win situation for everyone. But don’t take my word for it, visit my favorite bakers at San Rafael’s own worker cooperative, Arizmendi Bakery (yum), or head out west to Point Reyes Station next week and view a new encouraging and inspiring documentary by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young. SHIFT CHANGE highlights the movement in North America and the Basque region of Spain, where employees are owners and everyone’s position in each company makes a positive impact on everyone involved. Ah, a wonderful utopian world we’d have if more of these co-ops spread across the land! Sponsored by Transition West Marin and Point Reyes Books, Shift Change screens at the Dance Palace, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7pm. Suggested donation of $5-$10. Visit www.dancepalace.org for more information.—Dani Burlison

Author Ian Rankin steps out of ‘another man’s grave’ and into Book Passage this Saturday at 4pm. 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388.3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/26: Zydeco Flames jun. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. www.perisbar.com. 01/27: Dave Getz Trio Straight ahead jazz. 6pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com.

01/27: Sunday Salsa with Edgardo and Candela Salsa. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com.

01/27: Hoedown with Phil, John Kadlicek, Jeff Chimenti and the Terrapin Family Band 8pm. $35-65. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. www.terrapincrossroads.net. 01/27: La Mandanga Flamanco jam 9:30pm. free. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. www.perisbar.com. 01/27: Special Performance Music supper club. 6:30pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 855-336-4999. www.fenixlive.com. 01/27: The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils Blues, funk. 8pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com.

01/28: Open Mic with Austin De Lone 7:30pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com.

01/29: Audrey Moira Shimkas with Jeff Labes Jazz vocals, fusion. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com.

01/29: Floating Records Presents a Benefit for the Mill Valley Library Foundation Live music with Marble Party, Dredgetown. 8pm. $27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388.3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com.

01/29: Joan Getz Quartet with Noel Jewkes Jazz. Vocalist; Saxophone. 7pm. Free. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 505-3663. www.joangetzsings.com. 01/30: Down with May 9pm. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com. 01/30: John Hoy Trio Classic jazz. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com. 01/30: Kurt Huget & Friends “Mystery To Me” CD release. With Pat Campbell, Julia Harrell and Dave Getz. 8pm. Free. Iron Springs Pub, , Fairfax. 637-2496. www.ironspringspub.com. 01/30: Terrapin Family Band 8:30pm Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. www.terrapincrossroads.net. 01/31: David Jones 8pm. Smiley’s Saloon, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com 01/31: Friends of Finch 9:30pm Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. www.perisbar.com. 01/31: King and Ace Madeleine King and Rick Meissner. Originals and old favorites. 9pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com. 01/31: Led Kaapana Slack key guitar, vo list. 8pm. $16-22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley . 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com. 01/31: Soul Union World music. Dogon Lights opens. 9pm. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com.

01/31: Todos Santos with Wendy Fitz Jazzy roots. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com. 01/31: Will Magid Trio World, jazz. 8pm. Free. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com. JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 25

02/01: Dore Coller and Friends Americana, bluegrass, acoustic favorites. 4:20pm. Free. Lagunitas Tap Room and Beer Sanctuary, McDowell Road, Petaluma. www.dorecoller.com.

02/01: The 7th Sons Rock & Roll Dance Party 8:30pm. $8. Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 847-2670. www.presidioyachtclub.org

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Theater 01/28: Honk! Auditions Presented by the Stapleton Theatre Company. Auditions take place on Jan. 28. Callbacks on Jan. 31. Performances May 10 and12. Stapleton School of the Performing Arts, 118 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo. 454-5759. www.stapletonschool.org.

Concerts

01/25: Super Scene Fast paced, theater

01/27: Men of Worth Folk music duo.

competition featuring six directors creating improvised stories. 8pm. $17-20. Bayfront Theater, B350 Fort Mason Center, S.F. 474-6776. www.improv.org.

Celtic music from Ireland and Scotland. Presented by Marin Onstage. 2pm. $25. Marin Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 707-775-3364. www.marincenter.org

01/27: Russian Chamber Orchestra Music director Alexander Vereshagin directs works by Haydn, Scriabin, Dvorak and Borodin. Alena Tsoi, violin; Tatyana Loskutove, piano. 4pm. $20-25. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley. 664-1760. www.russianchamberorch.org. 01/31: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble “Cool Music: Clear Water.” Works by Debussy, George Crumb, others. 8pm. $15-30. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.www.142throckmortontheatre.org.

Dance 01/27: RoCo Dance Onstage 4:30 and 7pm. $20. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Audito-

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Art 01/25-30: ‘Revisiting the Golden Coast’ Pastel landscapes by marin native Sandra Cherk. 7pm. Free. Depot Bookstore, 87 Throckmorton Ave, on the Plaza, Mill Valley. www.sandracherk.com. 02/01:‘Welcome to My World ‘ “Images of the S.F. Bay Area and the World: Spring Collection 2013.” Feb.-April. Opening reception 5-8 pm Feb. 1. Gallery hours: Wed., Thurs. and Sat. 11am6pm; Fri. noon-8pm; Sun. 11am-3pm 5pm. Free. ARTrageous Gallery, 857 B Grant Ave., Novato. 897-8444 . www.artrageousgallery.com.

Kids Events 01/26: Fish Feeding Frenzy Help Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc 01/26: Junior Rangers: Night Hike at Ring Mountain Geared towards 7-12 year olds, all ages are welcome. Meet a Ranger for an evening of fun learning at Ring Mountain. Watch the sun set and the full moon rise, weather permitting. Easy walk. Dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, bring water, snacks and a flashlight. Friendly, leashed dogs welcome. 4:30pm. Free. Ring Mountain Open Space, Taylor Road, Tiburon. 473-2816. www.marincountyparks.org. 01/26-01/26: McInnis Mini Mudder Benefit for the Stafford Lake bike park. Adventure race for kids. Participants ages 5-14 challenged with a 2 mile course through grass, mud and woods. 10am. $10. McInnis Park, Meet at the Hillside picnic area, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 446-4423. www.marincountyparks.org. 01/26: Murphy Irish Dancers 11am. $7-17. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. www.badm.org. 01/26: The PuppeTrixters “Apples, Frost and Snow.” 11am. $10 adults, children free. Mountain School Early Childhood Center, 50 El Camino Dr., Alpha Bldg., Corte Madera. 924-4661. www. marinmountainschool.org

Film 01/29: ‘Shift Change’ The Seattle based filmmakers will be in town for the screening. Stories of employee owned businesses in the U.S. and Spain that compete successfully in today’s economy. 7pm. $10. Dance Palace, 502 B St, Point Reyes Station. 669-1745. www.dancepalace.org. 01/30: Mort Sahl’s Film Series Screening and discussion with the satirist. 7:30pm. $10-20 donation. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. www.142throckmortontheatre.org.

Outdoors 01/26: Ring Mountain Grassland Restoration Marin County Parks hosts a habitat

restoration workday on the last Sat. each month. Workdays will focus on restoring the sensitive habitat of Ring Mountain Preserve.Projects and meeting places vary slightly, so visit website and click events for details. 10am. Ring Mountain Open Space, Taylor Road, Tiburon. 473-2128. www.marincountyparks.org. 01/27: Mushrooms at Indian Valley The lush forests of this Novato preserve are an ideal place to see a variety of mushrooms. Talk about their identification and the important role that fungi play in the ecosystem. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 893-9527 on the morning of the walk for a message. 10am. Free. Mushrooms at Indian Valley , 1800 Ignacio Blvd., Novato. 893-9508. www.marincountyparks.org.

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01/27: Sunday Morning Meditative Hike Easy walk around Lake Lagunitas. Meet at the Fairfax Community Church at 8am for carpooling or at 8:20am in the Lake Lagunitas parking lot at the animal postings board. 8am. Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 01/27: White House Pool Workday Productive riparian habitat located at the southeast end of Tomales Bay in West Marin. Focus on clearing the trail corridor, removing nonnative plants and repairing trail tread. Volunteers of all ages and abilities welcome. Leashed dogs ok. 10am. Free. White House Pool Open Space, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Pt. Reyes Station area. 897-0618. www.marincountyparks.org.

01/26-27: Winter Trail work at Tamarancho Help support one of the best bike legal trail systems in Marin. No experience necessary. On Jan. 26 work starts at 10am and meets in the center of camp. On Jan.27 work starts at 9:30am and meets at the junction of Broken Dam and B-17 trails. Drive up to the center or ride your bike. Bring work clothes, sturdy shoes, gloves. Tools, snacks and drinks provided. Steady rain cancels. End of Iron Springs Road, Fairfax. 342-7432. 01/31: Birds at Bolinas Lagoon Seek land birds in the willows and alders of Pine Gulch Delta and scan for waterfowl and shorebirds. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. Call 893-9527 on the morning of the walk for a recorded message. Shannon Burke leads. 10am. Free. Bolinas Lagoon, Meet at the Bob Stewart trailhead, Olema-Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 893-9520. www.marincountyparks.org.

Readings 01/25: Thien Pham Author presents his novel, “Sumo.� 6pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/26: Dana Damara Author and yoga teacher Dana Damara shares “Oms From the Mat.�4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/26: Eri Bauermeister With “The Lost Art of Mixing.� Bauermeister brings a fresh chapter to the characters of her previous novel. 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/26: Ian Rankin On the twentieth anniversary of Rankin’s first American publication of crime fiction’s is “Standing in Another Man’s Grave.� 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

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01/26: Lisa O’Donnell at Book Passage, Corte Madera O’Donnell presents her debut novel “The Death of Bees.�1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/26: Susan Strong “Move Our Message: How to Get America ’s Ear.� The 2012 election may be over, but the future of our country still hangs in the balance. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/27: Julia Flynn Siler Julia Flynn Siler talks about “Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/27: Louise Aronson The author shares “A History of Present Illness.� 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/27: Luis Alberto Urrea Luis Alberto Urrea presents “Queen of America .� 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/29: Colin Winnette New collection of short prose, “Animal Collection.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/30: Mary Roach The 2013 One Book One Marin reading program selection is “Packing For Mars: the Curious Science of Life in the Void.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/31: Art Ammann Marin author and physician Dr. Ammann presents “Women, HIV, and the Church.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 02/01: Cheryl Cohen Greene“An Intimate Life: Sex, Love and My Journey as a Sex Surrogate Partner,� a memoir. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

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01/26: Amy Novesky: On-the-Spot Writing Workshop for Children’s Books Bring your manuscript‚ picture book, a chapter or ideas. 9am. $60. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/26: Barbara Abercrombie: Writing Your Life Into Story Free with purchase of “A Year of Writing Dangerously.� Exercises to help get you started or to dig deeper into your material. 10am. $16.95 (price of book). Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/26: Cascade Canyon School Open House The small K-8 school will be expanding a little bit with the Fall 2013 addition of a new green classroom and lab for middle school science and math. Includes a student-led tour, demonstration lessons, a teacher-led question and answer session, and an opportunity to meet the Head of School. 10am-noon. Free. Cascade Canyon School, 2626 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 459-3464. www.cascade nyon.org.

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A bonus track to TED lets us in on the secret of its comic zing: There’s director Seth MacFarlane, suited for motion capture with an oversized martini glass in hand and riffing off his co-stars from a dozen feet away, while they sit for dinner with a pair of eyeballs on an armature. Ted’s marriage of spontaneous raunch—has there ever been a fouler bear?—with Picnic time for teddy bears! state-of-the-art animation gives the film its refreshing South-Boston edge and, a half-billion box office aside, it’s easy see why all principals have signed on to a sequel: These guys have chemistry. Mark Wahlberg plays the little boy all grown-up, four years steady with his beautiful and ambitious girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) and best bud to every boy’s wish come true: A living, talking teddy bear who’s followed him into adult life, and (gasp!) is even hipper than he. But how many midday bong-breaks and pileups will it take to make him put childish things away? MacFarlane is that rare director who follows his ear—a lost art to those who followed the TV commercial track— and he’s willing to follow funny into whatever choppy waters it steers him. I could never stand Family Guy, but if that all led to this smash debut then hey, it was worth it.— Richard Gould

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will feature cocktails; raffle; hors’ douevres; live music with the Dick Bright Orchestra; silent auction and dancing. 7pm. $100. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. www.marinjcc.org/legacyball. 01/26: Give a Pint, Get a Meal Give up a pint of the red stuff and enjoy a free lunch courtesy of the brewpub. 11am. Free. Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant, 15 Rowland Way, Novato. www.bloodheroes.com.

01/26: Hospice by the Bay Used Book Sale 9am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/26: Karen Benke: Rip the Page! All materials provided. 2:30pm. $45. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

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lovers will find antique, illustrated children’s books, handsome sets, historical volumes, classics and history, as well as ephemera. 10am-3:30pm. Jan. 26. Preview sale for Friends of the San Rafael Public Library members 6 -7:30pm Jan. 25. Annual memberships may be purchased at door for $15. 10am. San Rafael Public Library, Corner E St. and Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 485-3104. www.srpubliclibrary. org. 01/26: Wild Watersheds The rainy season can turn a babbling brook into a river and a river into a natural force that is both exciting and dangerous. Join Ranger Linda at the Bay Model and learn more about the geologic formations and the river conditions that make up our watershed. 1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/.

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child specialist Susan Theobald LCSW, and clinical nutritionist and counselor Kia Sanford MS, will help you learn to create family health from the foundations up. Learn how nutrition, food sensitivities and allergies may affect moods and behaviors. 10am-noon. $45. Gathering Thyme, 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 813.6183. www.kailocounseling.com

01/27: Maureen Raytis and Jill Lebeau: Feng Shui Your Mind Experience the freedom of clearing the clutter from your mind. Learn how to harness your energy to attract all the prosperity, love and good fortune that you deserve. 11am. $45. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. 01/25-01/27: San Rafael Gem Faire Fine jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, silver, rocks, minerals and more. Noon-6pm Jan. 25; 10am-6pm. Jan. 26; 10am-5pm. Jan. 27. Marin Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. www.gemfaire.com. 01/30: History of Marinship Join Ranger Bill as he facilitates an in-depth discussion on the his-

tory of the Marinship Shipyard at the Bay Model built by the Bechtel Corporation at the request of President Franklin Roosevelt in March of 1942. Learn about the 93 ships built here during WWII. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 3323871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/. 01/31: Dharma Study Class Rev. Ron Kobata leads a Dharma study class on a variety of Buddhist topics. Monthly sessions are free and open to the public. 7:30pm. Free. Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. www.buddhisttempleofmarin.org.

01/31: History Center Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Celebrate the new History Center with live music, a Curator’s talk and tour of the exhibition, “Dorothea Lange at Steep Ravine.� San Rafael Mayor Gary Philips will cut the ribbon at 6pm. 5pm. Free. MHM History Center, 1026 Court St., San Rafael. 454-8538. www.marinhistory.org.

01/31: Rea Franjetic: Southern Europe Rome, Florence, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona. Are you wondering how to visit the Alhambra or the Mesquite in Cordoba? Organize an itinerary around art, culture, food and wine. 6:30pm. $25. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

01/31: So You Want to Start a Business Legal and Finance The second of a three-part series that can be taken separately or in tandem. Workshop covers various legal structures, business insurance, licenses/permits, leases/contracts, and protecting your intellectual property. 6pm. $20. Venture Greenhouse, 30 stro Ave., San Rafael. 707595-0060.

02/01: Depth Psychology Alliance Meetup and Speaker Evening:“Ancestral Influence in Healing�Look at how ancestors play a powerful role in helping and healing. With speaker Daniel Foor, Ph.D., MFT. Event is free, but pre-registration required. 5:30pm. Free, donations welcome. Private San Anselmo residence, address provided on registration. 637-3748.

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ARIES (March 20 - April 19) You want to save the world. This final week of having fearless Mars in your house of humanitarian causes brings out your selfless side. (Come on—you do so have a selfless side.) Meanwhile, responsible Saturn is reminding you that it is time to work on your tax return, while rebellious Uranus is telling you that deadlines should be ignored. Fortunately, you’ve got a couple of months to decide which one of them is right... TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) This is your last chance (this year) to go for those risky career moves. Some of you are relieved about this; some disappointed that you don’t have more time to play professional daredevil. Nevertheless, this is not the time to give up on bettering your situation. Expansive Jupiter continues to bring opportunities for a higher paying job— possibly one with travel perks. So, reach for the sky. The worst that could happen? You’ll end up with a handful of stardust... GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) Stern Saturn reins in your ruler (mischievous Mercury) Friday. If you planned to leave work early to get a head start on a fun weekend, think again. A full moon in playful Leo makes the remainder of the weekend much more to your liking. Aside from a bit of guilt over not getting enough exercise, you should be feeling fine. On Wednesday, optimistic Jupiter comes to a standstill in your sign. To get what you want, all you have to do is believe... CANCER (June 21 - July 21) As the revealing sun lights up your house of secrets, it forces you to acknowledge hidden psychological weaknesses. You can face up to self-doubt Saturday and Sunday when the illuminating full moon occupies the confident sign of Leo. You don’t have any repressed insecurities? Right. And the latest IRS tax codes ensure fairness to all taxpayers with no loopholes. As long as you’re in denial mode, may as well go all in.... LEO (July 22 - Aug. 22) If there’s not enough drama, you’re sure to foster some, right? And, that’s likely to be what you do on Saturday when the emotive full moon is in your sign. Since your solar ruler remains in the outrageously rebellious sign of Aquarius all week, you’re not about to tone it down. Fine. Create a crisis with your sweetie at an expensive French restaurant. Just don’t forget to have your platinum AmEx card ready to cover the breakage costs. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 21) If you wake up grouchy on Friday, blame the stars. (That would be the ones in the sky, unless you happen to be dating a Hollywood celebrity.) Your ruler (flighty Mercury) is at odds with stern Saturn, leaving you feeling moody and irritable. But you needn’t stay that way. The charming love goddess (Venus) occupies your house of romance and does her best to seduce you into experiencing 50 shades of bliss rather than any shade of the blues. Enjoy. LIBRA (Sept. 22 - Oct. 22) Three planets in your house of artistic talents help to turn anything you touch into a painting, a book, a song or a screenplay. If you’ve been filling your garage with art projects while your briefcase remains unopened, your career may be suffering. But, you need not worry. Motivating Mars leaves your house of play to enter your house of work next week. You’ll get your professional mojo up and running again in no time flat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Can’t seem to please anyone? Everyone at home is nagging at you and you’re not sure what you’ve done to deserve all the criticism. Relax. It’s a temporary glitch. By the time the moon enters fair-minded Libra on Wednesday everyone will be apologizing for their earlier behavior toward you. Listen. Hear all that peace and quiet? That’s the wonderful sound of no nagging. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 20) Adventurous Jupiter is ready to play “Truth or Dare” with your relationship. Are you ready to discover what you and your sweetie really think of each other or would you rather agree to exchange amateur haircuts? As for the weekend, the full moon in extravagant Leo is perfect for booking a mini-vacation at a luxury resort. Depending on whether you choose the truth or the dare, you may want to wear a hat. CAPRICORN (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18) Looking for a new and creative way to make money? You’re likely to run smack dab into an interesting moonlighting opportunity Friday. You never know. You might love being a night guard at the zoo. On Wednesday, the intuitive moon suggests a satisfying career path while ambitious Saturn continues structuring your future. But, in the meantime, keep your fingers out of the tiger cage. AQUARIUS (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17) Your zodiac celebration continues with an extra burst of good luck Friday. If Friday happens to BE your birthday, this is a one-year forecast; if not, then take advantage now. The weekend full moon shows off your capacity to relate with others. Even you can be warm and cuddly when the mood strikes. On Wednesday, you express your romantic and creative skills with ease. If you don’t want to make love, then go ahead and make art. PISCES (Feb. 18 - March 19) If you haven’t noticed a craving to move, remodel or renovate your residence in the last six months, you’re not paying attention. Benevolent Jupiter can help you, but you have to acknowledge the desire. Before May, check out the real estate ads or accept bids from your local contractors. Meanwhile, your imagination is particularly vivid right now. This could bring amazing dreams, enhance your music and photography, or help you write an award-winning screenplay. Wake up and smell the coffee... < Email Lynda Ray at cosmicclues@gmail.com or check out her website at http://lyndarayastrology.com/Lynda_Ray_Astrology/Starstream_Forecast.htm 30 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31, 2013

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131004 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as AFFINITY ERICSON, 27 MILBRAE AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: RICHARD H. CHILDERS, 27 MILBRAE AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 19, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 19, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131014 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SOYSTERS, 30 WILLOW WAY, TOMALES, CA 94971: VICTORIA HANSON, 30 WILLOW WAY, TOMALES, CA 94971. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 13, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304428 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name(s): KIM SPA, 716 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: DECEMBER 26, 2012. Under File No: 2011126283. Registrant’s Name(s): XI LIAN RUAN, 3486 DAVIS ST., OAKLAND, CA 94601. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304430 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office. Fictitious Business name(s): SAILPLANE DESIGN; NIFHA, 4 FRIAR TUCK LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: FEBRUARY 8, 2010. Under File No: 123203. Registrant’s Name(s): SV SITUM INC., 4 FRIAR TUCK LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130918 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WHY COMPLY, 200 SO. ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: STACY BEZYACK, 200 SO. ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 5, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131041 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CTG CONSULTING SERVICES, 23 BAYVIEW DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SYLVIA GILL CHILDRENSWEAR COLLECTIONS, 860 EIGHTH ST. #240, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 31028 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CARPE DIEM FAMILY AUTO, 580 IRWIN ST. #7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903:

CARPE DIEM FAMILY AUTO, 580 IRWIN ST. #7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: DECEMBER 21, 28, 2012; JANUARY 4, 11, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012131053 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as INFINITE ABUNDANCE, 153 PARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KRISTIN MORRISON, 153 PARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 2, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 130992 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CALDERON TRUCKING, 35 ROSS ST. #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALEX CALDERON, 35 ROSS ST. #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 18, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131045 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ALTERNATIVE MOTHERS GROUP, 40 SALVATORE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949: ALTERNATIVE MOTHERS GROUP, 40 SALVATORE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131112 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as REVIVE RX, 932 ALTURAS WAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARCUS R FILLY, 554 MONTFORD AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 4, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 13112 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as H. KOCH AND SONS, 15 KOCH ROAD, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MAURICE J. KOCH, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; JOSEPHINE MOSK, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; PAMELA CONNICK, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; SANDRA DEDINA, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; MICHAEL ABEL, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534; H. DAVID ABEL, 5050 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 108 PMB 396, FAIRFIELD, CA 94534. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 1, 1904. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131144 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PA'S MEXICAN – FILIPINO CUISINE, 916 B ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LUCILA GUILLEN, 111 MARINA BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; CARLOS SOLIS, 875 BISELL ST., RICHMOND, CA

94801. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131048 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FLOWER SPA, 716 A 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOSEPH GU, 2615 13TH AVE., OAKLAND, CA 94606. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131131 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CITY BUILDERS, 1537 4TH ST. #174, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MAX C WILLIAMS, 1537 4TH ST. #174, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 8, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131146 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SACRED SITE-SEEING TOURS AND TRAVEL, 5580 LA JOLLA BLVD. #396, LA JOLLA, CA 92037: SILVIA BARATTA, 5580 LA JOLLA BLVD. #396, LA JOLLA, CA 92037. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131166 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE GREEN RESEARCH GROUP, 39 FORBES AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: MIKE GREEN, 39 FORBES AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; JOAN GREEN, 39 FORBES AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by A HUSBAND & WIFE. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8,2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131190 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FOURTH WAY, 46 MT. MUIR CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JEFFREY BERLIN, 46 MT. MUIR CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on DECEMBER 27, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 14, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131056 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BRANFORD VENTURES; YELLOW FERRY HARBOR, 10B YELLOW FERRY HARBOR, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: CHRISTOPHER TELLIS, 10B YELLOW FERRY HARBOR, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131209 The following individual(s) is (are) doing

business as SKG, 18 GLEN AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SUSAN G KLAUSNER, PO BOX 3204, SAN RAFAEL, CA 949123204. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131147 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as HEAVENLY SKIN & BODY CARE, 1368 LINCOLN AVE. SUITE 205, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ROSAVEL JOZO DIAZ, 1114 LINCOLN AVE. APT B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on SEPTEMBER 3, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131055 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BRIAN POWELL & ASSOCIATES, 10 H ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BRIAN W. POWELL, 10 H ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 28, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131081 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PATRA CORPORATION INSURANCE SERVICES, 27 COMMERCIAL BLVD. SUITE P, NOVATO, CA 94949: PATRA CORPORATION, 27 COMMERCIAL BLVD. SUITE P, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 3, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013131224 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE RAFAEL, 234 N. SAN PEDRO RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: RAFAEL CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, 234 N. SAN PEDRO RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 14, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JANUARY 16, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131009 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as IRENE M. HUNT SCHOOL OF MARIN, 300 SUNNY HILLS DR., SAN

ANSELMO, CA 94960: SUNNY HILLS SERVICES, 300 SUNNY HILLS DR., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131187 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BAY AREA BOWLS, 4330 REDWOOD HIGHWAY #200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BAY AREA BOWLS LP, 4330 REDWOOD HIGHWAY #200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JANUARY 14, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 131185 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WESTERN ESPRESSO, COFFEE AND TEA; CLUB CAFFEINE, 4330 REDWOOD HIGHWAY #200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: WESTERN ESPRESSO INC, 4330 REDWOOD HIGHWAY #200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JANUARY 14, 2013. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 2013)

ALL OTHER LEGALS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1300025. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOHN HUYNH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOHN HUYNH to ALAN K WONG; QUAN H HUYNH TO JULIE H WONG; BRANNON HUYNH TO BRANDON WONG; BAILEY HUYNH TO BAILEY WONG; BIANCA HUYNH TO BIANCA WONG. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MARCH 5, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published

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at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: JANUARY 3, 2013 /s/ ROY O CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: JANUARY 11, 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 2013) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BARBARA KECK. Case No. PR-1300154. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BARBARA KECK. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: GAIL HARRISON in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that GAIL HARRISON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: FEBRAUARY 11, 2013 at 8:30AM. in Dept: H, Room: H, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: JOAN C RODMAN, 1629 FIFTH AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. (415) 2590593. Publication Dates: JANUARY 18, 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 2013)

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My boyfriend and I were invited to dinner at our friends’ house. An hour after the appointed time, another friend of theirs, a woman who’s been single for at least a decade, still hadn’t left her house. She called with a crisis about what she was bringing, wearing, etc. (She always seems to have some crisis.) The hostess calmed her down, telling her to just come. Upon hanging up, she said that she thinks marriage both requires sanity and helps keep people sane and that people who are unmarried and living alone for an extended time seem to get increasingly neurotic. That seems a bit unfair, but I can see her point. —Unhitched

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It can be harder to indulge one’s eccentricities in a marriage. Before you even turn the front door knob to head off to work in the morning, there’s your spouse blurting out, “You know, that tie really clashes with the Kleenex boxes on your feet.” In other words, no, a wedding isn’t a rose-petal-scattered transporter beam out of neurosis or more serious psych problems, and we shouldn’t be quick to assume people who get married are more well-adjusted than people who don’t. Some states require a blood test before you marry; none tests to make sure you aren’t cuckoo for more than Cocoa Puffs. Psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo, in Singled Out, shows that many studies claiming married people are much better off than singles have serious flaws in methodology, and the modest claims of solid studies are frequently distorted, exaggerated and turned into media catnip by the agenda-driven. As a result, “single” is so automatically viewed as the companion to “miserable” (and the prelude to getting your face eaten off by your cat) that even respected researcher Dr. E. Mavis Hetherington can’t see her faulty reasoning in concluding, “Happily married couples are healthier, happier, wealthier, and sexier than are singles.” Note that she’s comparing HAPPILY MARRIED people with ALL single people. Yes, shockingly, happily married people are happier than clinically depressed single people and all the married people who just couldn’t stand the nonstop joy are getting divorced. Your friend makes a mistake in throwing all the single eggs in one basket. Some people are single and living alone because they have unresolved issues, and some are because a whole lot of other people do. Others simply prefer living alone. (Why have a mancave when you can have a manhome?) Studies do show definite benefits to being (happily) married, such as having a sounding board, a ready source of sex and hugs, and someone to help you pick up the pieces when you drop them. If you’re single, these benefits aren’t unavailable to you; they just take more thought and effort to obtain. For example, you can share a house or duplex with a friend, create a community of friends, and have at least one close friend who knows just about everything about you and is allowed and even encouraged to tell you when you’re being an idiot. Whatever you do, don’t let that “dying alone!” business get to you. Somebody can tough it out for 30 years with a person and, wouldn’t you know it, have that final heart attack just moments after their spouse runs out to the store with a coupon for 40 cents off cottage cheese.

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Does approaching a woman on the street and asking her out ever work? —On The Prowl

Sites with dating tips for men encourage them to approach women on the street: “Just walk up and say hello! All you have to do is be confident!” That second part is very good advice, because then you’ll look less like you’re dying inside when the woman treats you like you just walked up and said, “Hi, my name is Rapist!” Instead, use what social scientists call the “foot-in-the-door technique.” Various studies show that when you get people to agree to a trivial first request (like signing a petition), they’re more likely to say yes to a more substantial request that follows (like donating money to the cause). In France, psychologist Nicolas Gueguen sent three men, ages 19-21, out on the street to approach 360 women, about the same age, and ask them for a drink. When the men asked straight-out for a date, only 3.3 percent of the women said yes. When they first asked women for a light (for a cigarette) or directions and then the drink, 15 percent and 15.8 percent, respectively, agreed to go for a drink. Researchers are unsure why this works, but it seems that preoccupying a woman with helping you at least gives you a shot at distracting her from the directions you really want: “Could you tell me the best route into your pants?” < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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