Mill Valley Native Todd Barbee Was a Force Behind the Recent Transition of the SkyStar Observation Wheel to Fisherman’s Wharf as Part of APEC

Mill Valley Native Todd Barbee Was a Force Behind the Recent Transition of the SkyStar Observation Wheel to Fisherman’s Wharf as Part of APEC

by | Nov 16, 2023 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, Parks & Recreation, Restaurants, Shopping

After nearly 3 years in operation, San Francisco’s SkyStar Observation Wheel said goodbye to Golden Gate Park, moving across town to 2860 Taylor Street, a triangular-shaped lot at Pier 43, near Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf. The transition occurred within the context...
With an Array of Talent and Some Sage Advice, Madrona Bakery Owners Have a Grand Plan to Make 17 Madrona a Multi-Faceted Community Gathering Space

With an Array of Talent and Some Sage Advice, Madrona Bakery Owners Have a Grand Plan to Make 17 Madrona a Multi-Faceted Community Gathering Space

by | Oct 11, 2023 | Downtown Mill Valley, Food & Drink, Health & Wellness, Restaurants

It all started in the lower Haight. Gemma Edward Aron met Nicola Carey through friends in the neighborhood – let’s call it a third-degree connection. Aron and Carey hit it off, and after spit-balling on a few, fun possible collaborations, the friendship eventually...
SFGate Does a Deep Dive on the One and Only Mountain Home Inn: ‘Tragedy and tranquility at a Bay Area Mountaintop Inn

SFGate Does a Deep Dive on the One and Only Mountain Home Inn: ‘Tragedy and tranquility at a Bay Area Mountaintop Inn

by | Oct 10, 2023 | Art, City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Food & Drink, Health & Wellness, Holidays, Live Music, Parks & Recreation

Ed. Note: The Mountain Home Inn has been a Mill Valley icon since Swiss German immigrant couple Claus and Martha Meyer, who were homesick for their native Alps, opened it over a century ago. As owner Susan Cunningham says, “Among towering redwoods and mountain...