At the close of 2022, two long-dormant spaces were revitalized. Oahu native Zane Chess and partner Jeffrey Konen revived the Sausalito Market deli counter with fresh poke bowls and vintage Hawaiian décor at Gilligans Poke Shop. In downtown San Rafael, local residents Joe Carlo and Saandra Bowlus opened their third Pink Owl Coffee, adding their […]
It wasn’t the somewhat salacious history of The Lodge at Marconi that drew me to the new hotel on the shore of Tomales Bay. I hadn’t heard any of it not about Marconi’s essential role in the development of radio transmissions in the 1910s, not about the drug rehab facility that moved in in the ‘60s,.