The

Marin

Guide

While touring Seattle last summer, we noticed a very sleek cafe that had an entire glassed in area, devoted to kids' play.  What a great idea!  Parents sip coffee while kids go berzerk...

We were up in Point Reyes Station today, checking out the annual Western Weekend festivities.  Happy crowds, donning Cowboy hats and boots, filled in around long picnic tables full of BBQ c...

Fortunately, theMarinGuide has friends who regularly ferret out nutty things to do in Marin, such as play bocce ball.

Here's the report from one such friend, about his recent Sunday afte...

I can never get enough of gorgeous Marin landscapes, captured by talented local painters.  Each year, I purchase a half dozen sets of the MALT Read More

In 2000, Judith Selby Lang and her busband, Richard Lang, began cleaning Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore, carrying bags and bags of plastic garbage away. They had no idea what...

Picky and poor, this writer rarely eats out unless she can be guaranteed of one thing - that the money paid for a meal will be well worth it.  That could be a 4 dollar burrito in SF's Mission ...

Strolling about downtown Fairfax this morning, I found on a storefront window, an installation of gorgeous black and white photos depicting the people and artistry behind "The Celtic Forest." &n...

You would likely NOT stumble upon Heath the way I did, which was on an early morning run along the back alleyways of Sausalito several years ago.   At 7am on a weekday morning, the dusty ...

How many of you have driven along Sir Francis Drake, and passed the Marin Art & Garden Center a thousand times and never stopped by to visit?  If you've n...

It's a little strange,  we live between a giant bay and the Pacific Ocean, yet don't have too many places to get a burger and a water view.  Now, picky as I am about trying to eat mostly ...