PacificSun.com http://pacificsun.com If it is local and useful, it is on PacificSun.com. en-us <![CDATA[Second Helpings: Another bite of the county's favorites]]> Just like the friendly, homey atmosphere, our dinners were hearty, comforting and hit the spot...]]> <![CDATA[Video: Hit me with your best shot]]> The sort of gunplay and elbow-led follow-through that will make a John Woo fan sit up...]]> <![CDATA[Small Plates: Marin's little places with big taste]]> A bite-sized review of a neighborhood restaurant with a homey vibe...]]> <![CDATA[CineMarin: Hollywood's 'Golden' era]]> For many films, the GGB has been a bridge to success...
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<![CDATA[Best Bet: It was a dark and boozy night...]]> Every odd-numbered month, Fairfax transforms into a hub of literary excitement]]> <![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Pass the chips, please...]]> Did someone say salsa? How's your personal recipe? ]]> <![CDATA[Hero and Zero]]> Getting the goose in Las Galinas and a Sausalito gross out...]]> <![CDATA[All in Good Taste: My blue agave heaven]]> Eighty-seven 'specialty' tequilas—when 86 simply isn't enough...
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<![CDATA[Theater: The persistence of AlterTheater]]> Hot yet? If not, their new production of 'Salvador Dali' should do the trick...
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<![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Gifts That Keep on Giving]]> Who needs last minute suggestions for Mother's Day gifts? You know you're out there, you laggards!]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Pizzeria]]> The hand-stretched dough is topped with high-quality, mostly local and organic ingredients—from arugula, roasted onions and hen-of-the-woods mushrooms to hand-pulled mozzarella and Hog Island clams—and served blistering hot from the wood-burning oven...]]> <![CDATA[Video: There's a riot goin' on]]> He represents a welcome return to the just-wrong politics of the '70s and '80s, starting with the gutter mouth but veering quickly into stiletto social commentary as he catalogs the family horrors, funerals, sex hang-ups and money troubles that have followed him to stardom. It's desperately funny.]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Pet Groomer]]> The sisters know all too well how passionate Marinites are about their pets...]]> <![CDATA[Marin-ican graffiti]]> A fun and free event for generations of classic car lovers...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Mexican Restaurant]]> If you want to venture beyond the tostada-burrito-fajitas hit parade...]]> <![CDATA[Home and Garden: My backyard pages]]> Gardening books can plant a seed with eco-friendly green thumbs...
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<![CDATA[Single in the Suburbs: Gone in 600 seconds]]> I may be a slow driver, but I'm very quick to avoid hitting people...
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<![CDATA[Talking Pictures: Homage a trios]]> No one 'soaks each other down' with baby wee quite like the Three Stooges...
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<![CDATA[Wine: Drink to me with thine eyes]]> The Sonoma County Wine Library--where readers 'pour' over texts!]]> <![CDATA[Hero and Zero]]> A hero in Belvedere and Marin kids running amuck with guns...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Deli]]> A well-named restaurant that aims to please...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Live Music Venue]]> Sumptuous booths, exposed brick and subtle lighting to create a space conducive to sipping, dancing and the sound of music...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Chinese Restaurant]]> The restaurant in downtown San Rafael is no stranger to winning "Best of " awards...]]> <![CDATA[Style: A stitch in time]]> Marin has just the right thread to make just the right threads...
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<![CDATA[Video: Red rover, red rover!]]> A remarkable IMAX Mars documentary that went mostly under the radar in 2006, though it's widely available now...]]> <![CDATA[Food: A chicken in every pot]]> Libertarian farmer Salatin—eat the potpie, don't drink the Kool-Aid...
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<![CDATA[Less desperate, get used to it...]]> John Doe brings some X-citement to the Ross Valley]]> <![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Mindel, Mole and Mom]]> Gear up for Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day]]> <![CDATA[Best Bet: Reconnect the dots]]> Simply listening to her speak tends to calm the worry about the future that rattles so many of us...
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<![CDATA[Hero and Zero]]> Mill Valley doesn't "pull a Zimmerman" and El Dorado County apparently doesn't believe "love heals"]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Nursery/Garden Center]]> A family-run operation that knows their microclimates]]> <![CDATA[Hero and Zero]]> A Mill Valley knight with shiny Armor All and scary toys in Corte Madera...]]> <![CDATA[Video: 'Mission' accomplished]]> An action storyteller at the height of his powers, storyboarding scene after masterly scene within an inch of its life...]]> <![CDATA[Rhapsody in International Orange]]> Rob Kapilow hopes 'Golden Gate Opus' will bridge the classical music gap...
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<![CDATA[Dining: Seek and ye shall feed]]> I particularly love to tell readers what's appealing on the local restaurant scene and why, more so when I can help support out-of-the-way or underappreciated spots that don't get a lot of press. They might not be cutting-edge or hot but they offer experiences that make them worth a try, often at moderate prices...]]> <![CDATA[Single in the Suburbs: The rum diary]]> More like plenty of men-who-drink-like-fish in the sea...]]> <![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Mixing it up]]> Wine and golf, Napa and Sausalito, burritos and India, beer and beets and a splendid place to enjoy another non-silent spring in Fairfax...]]> <![CDATA[Theater: Viennese envy]]> Schnitzler classic brings indiscreet charms of bourgeoisie to Berkeley
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<![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Battle of the Earth Day chefs]]> Environmental crisis is no excuse for lousy cooking!]]> <![CDATA[Talking Pictures: The unsinkable Debbie Reynolds]]> 'Singin' in the Rain' star hopes to also be remembered for 'Halloween Town'
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<![CDATA[Video: 'Changin' your face, like a chameleon']]> Having taken on a role that holds her up to the scrutiny of millions, the verdict is in, and you already know that Meryl Streep incarnates the British PM to jaw-dropping perfection... ]]> <![CDATA[Going Green: Marinosaur train!]]> Dr. Scott may be your kids' favorite paleontologist—still, he says environmental degradation is not child's play...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Locksmith]]> The "key" to their success is simple...]]> <![CDATA[Cinemarin: 'Career' opportunities]]> A 'Brilliant' film that led an independent woman to independent film]]> <![CDATA[Second Helpings: Another bite of the county's favorites]]> Places like this define not just a Marin sensibility, but an even broader California consciousness that is truly unique to our Left Coast...]]> <![CDATA[Going Green: Organic school confidential]]> How the Indian Valley gardening program became a clipping-edge success
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<![CDATA[Hero and Zero]]> West Marin moms who stir up trouble and the Zero next door in Tiburon]]> <![CDATA[Small Plates: Marin's little places—with big taste]]> Tasty pups are served in your choice of two custom-made rolls, warmed to a crusty turn...]]> <![CDATA[Theater: Moor than meets the eye]]> College of Marin 'puts out the light' with atypical 'Othello'
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<![CDATA[All in Good Taste: Bites of spring]]> Baseball treats and a chance to do good while eating well next Tuesday...]]> <![CDATA[Best of Marin: Best Bakery]]> Everything is made by hand, from scratch, utilizing as many locally grown, organic and whole-grain ingredients as possible...]]> <![CDATA[Video: Cronenberg complex]]> And to be sure, this costume biopic recounting the fraught relationship between Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Jung's most famous patient might seem a departure from the world of human flies, crash-sex and naked lunches...]]> <![CDATA[Home and Garden: The giving trees]]> Michael Pace, the Johnny Appleseed of luxury boutique hotel managers...]]>