calendar - Chamber of Commerce

February 2015
CALENDAR
Wednesday, February 4
Board of Directors Meeting
8 a.m.
Servino Ristorante
Wednesday, February 4
Tiburon Town Council
7:30 p.m.
Tiburon Town Hall
Monday, February 9
Belvedere City Council
6:30 p.m.
Belvedere City Hall
Monday, February 9
Tiburon Artist Laureate Program
Travel Lecture
Indonesia & Bolivia/Peru
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Tiburon Town Hall
Thursday, February 12
Servino’s 65th Opera Night
Call 435-2676 for information
Saturday, February 14
Valentine’s Day
96 B Main Street, Tiburon, CA 94920
415/435-5633
Guaymas’ new manager: Robert Wellbeloved
growing up in Strawberry, his mom gave him a Betty
Crocker Cookbook for Kids. “It was my crash course in
After he graduated from Tamalpais High School,
Robert majored in business at San Diego State, but
somehow and ended up going through the Hotel &
Restaurant Program at City College of San Francisco.
internship, he was with Real Restaurants.
By now, the new General Manager of Guaymas has had years of great
four years later became Managing Partner at the Betelnut in San Francisco. He
two at Davidson Middle School and the oldest at Marin Catholic.
to bring them to our customers on the plate at a fair, attractive price. We’re
Wednesday, February 18
Library Tea
3 to 4 p.m.
Valentine’s Day theme
Belvedere Tiburon Library
Wednesday, February 18
Tiburon Town Council
7:30 p.m.
Tiburon Town Hall
forcing the eatery to close for one month. Now open again, Robert says his goal
is to establish Guaymas as a comforting, welcoming place. “When Guaymas
Saturday, February 21
Strawberry Social Dance
Strawberry Recreation Center
(118 East Strawberry Drive)
8 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, February 14. You can view the menu on line but call for reservations.
February
Chamber mixer
5:30 to 7 p.m.
TBA
a.m. to 8 :30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday. Phone number is 415-435-6300. For more information, go to www.
GuaymasRestaurant.com.
Fax: 435-1132
Web: www.tiburonchamber.org
E-mail: [email protected]
News About Town
Couloir Wines|Straight Line Winery at 72 Main Street
Sam’s Anchor Cafe has a Happy Hour Monday through
glass and bottle. Enjoy its sunny patio or join the fun at the
bar. Hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and
12 noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Closed Monday
more information, call 435-4527 or visit <www.samscafe.
com>.
415-937-5698 or go to www.couloirwines.com.
Tiburon Tavern at The Lodge at Tiburon:
- Happy Hour, every day from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
- Wednesdays, Trivia Night, 7 to 9 p.m.
- Wednesdays, Wine Night from 4 p.m. to close,
“Blackie,
The Horse Who Stood Still,” written by Paige Peterson
(who grew up in Belvedere) and Christopher Cerf (best
now on sale in stores. This latest version is being called
- Thursdays, Ladies’ Night, live music from 6 to 9 p.m.
- Fridays and Saturdays, live music, 6 to 9 p.m.,
- Sunday brunch, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and available on Amazon.
Vineyard vines opened its 1,000-square-foot store at 20
An art exhibit, “Jim and Morgan Malott: Recent
Paintings” will be on view at the Belvedere-Tiburon
Library’s Founders Room from now through February 6.
For more information, call the library at 789-2665.
It carries a variety of clothing and accessories for men,
women and children. Its phone number is 789-8602.
Another new shop, LushBubble, at 46 A Main Street is
Guaymas
- Happy Hour Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.
plus daily specials
- Monday through Friday, $2 gourmet tacos, $2 oysters on
the half shell & $5 premium margaritas
runs
from Feb. 13 through Feb. 15 for $69.95 per couple
Call 415-435-6300 for reservations.
to Tiburon with her family. She sells terrariums, air plants
and small vintage accessories. Phone number is 797-6126.
An exhibit of oil paintings by Russ Wagner will continue
at Tiburon Town Hall’s lobby and council chambers from
impressionistic pieces – up to 10 times the usual amount
The Caprice Restaurant’s new menu: Prime Rib Monday
Wednesday for $34.95 per person. The Caprice is open
and for brunch on Sundays. Call 4353400 for reservations or for more information.
415-435-7373.
Servino’s 65th Opera Night will be held on Thursday,
February 12. These evenings include appetizers, a sit-down,
plus live opera entertainment. The all-inclusive price is $85.
Anyone who enjoys opera, can’t go wrong. Call 435-2676
for more information or for reservations.
“Views of Marin Through the Lens” by Mill Valley
epidemiologist Dr. Michael Arrighi will be held at the
Belvedere Tiburon Library from February 9, through March
10. It will include photos of landscapes, cityscapes and
wildlife – with many shorebirds and water birds. An artist’s
reception will be on Tuesday, February 10, from 6 to 8 p.m.
This is one photographic exhibit you don’t want to miss
szeeing. For more information, call 415-789-2665.
The new Nourish Grill at The Club at Harbor Point, at
475 East Strawberry Drive, is now open to the public for
lunch and dinner, Wednesday through Saturday, noon
birthday and anniversary celebrations, weddings and
receptions, and private or club luncheon meetings. For
reservations or for more information, call 415-381-4400.
An exhibit of acrylics and prints, titled “Transitions”
by Ginny Doyle of Belvedere, will be on view at Tiburon
Town Hall’s upstairs Community Room from February 2
through March 30. This exhibit is sponsored by the Tiburon
Heritage and Arts Commission. An artist’s reception will
be held on Wednesday, February 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. The
public is welcome. For more information, call 415-435-7373.
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The Marin Master Gardener program will give a free
lecture on “Water Wise Edible Gardening” on February
News about Town (continued)
Attention!!
Changes in
phone dialing
you need to
know
Center, 841 Tiburon Boulevard. It will focus on strategies
in water management for both established plants and new
seedlings. For more information, call 415-473-4204.
In order to
accommodate an
ever-increasing
demand for
telephone
numbers, AT&T
announced it will
add the numbers
in the 628 area
code to the area
currently served
by the 415 area
code. This is
On February 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Belvedere
Tiburon Library’s Founders Room, Tom O’Neill, one of the
Tiburon Classic Car Show founders, will tell the story of his
newly discovered great uncle, Francis O’Neill, and how he
preserved Irish music. The program "Music of Ireland,”
will feature a slide show, a sampling of Irish music and sips
415-435-2665.
Tiburon Waterfront
Stand-up Paddleboard Race to be held on Saturday, March
28. Participants have two choices: a 2.5-mile beginnerclass course or the 5-mile intermediate and advanced-class
courses. The fee is $30, and participants must provide their
own paddleboards. The event is being run by the new
Tiburon-based company, Desolation Outdoors, and the
Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, with proceeds
From now on to complete calls, the new dialing procedure
requires callers to dial 1, plus the area code, plus the
seven-digit telephone number (a total of 11 numbers). This
process began last August, but those who forgot to dial
properly could still have calls go through. However, on
February 21, you MUST use the new dialing procedure
for all calls. If you do not, your call will NOT be
completed. A recording will instruct you to hang up and
dial again.
chamber at 415-435-5633.
On February 4, 11, 18 and 25, , the Romberg Tiburon
Center will present a program in its Marine Biology and
Environmental Science Seminar Series, with national and
international scientists lecturing. Seminars begin at 3:30
p.m. in the Bay Conference Center (3152 Paradise Drive).
The series is open and free to the public but reservations
are required. For more information, call 415-338-3757.
In addition, businesses need to do the following before
February 21:
* Beside changing your dialing procedures, all services,
automatic dialing equipment or other types of equipment
that are programmed with a seven-digit number will need
to be reprogrammed to use the new dialing system. Some
of these are: life safety systems, PBXs, FAX machines,
Internet dial-up numbers, alarm and security systems,
gates, speed dialers, call forwarding settings and voicemail
A Chinese Brush Painting workshop will be given by
artist Ann Morency on Friday, February 6, from 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Tiburon Library. You do not
provided. To register or for more information, call 415-7892665.
advertising materials to be sure the area code is included.
Note:
- Your telephone number, including your current area code
will NOT change.
- The price of a call, coverage area or other rates and
services will not change.
- What is a local call now will remain a local call regardless
of the number of digits dialed.
- You can still dial just three digits to reach 911 as well as
calling 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711 and 811.
Don’t
forget
February
14th is
Valentine’s
Day!!
If you have any other questions about the dialing
procedure change, you may call the California Public
649-7570, or visit its Website at <www.cpuc.ca.gov/
areacode415> for more information.
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Our January
Mixer at
the Tiburon
Fire House
was
fabulous,
as usual!!
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News about Town (continued)
Travel
Lecture - Indonesia and Bolivia/Peru given by Belvedere
If you don’t mind getting a little bit dirty, bring your family
and friends for a morning of restoration and native garden
work days at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center &
Sanctuary (376 Greenwood Beach Road) on Thursday,
February 5, at 10 a.m. For more information, call 415-3882524 x 103.
20 years, and her interest in art and culture continues to be
focused on exploration of exotic cultures. This past year,
the Altaplano survival at 16,000-feet in the Andes Mountain
Monday, February 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Light refreshments
The Strawberry Social Dance (formerly the Strawberry
Swingers) with a full orchestra playing all evening, will
meet on Saturday, February 21, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the
Strawberry Recreation Center, 118 East Strawberry Drive.
All are welcome. Come early, at 7:15 p.m., for a free dance
lesson. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. Call 472-2191 for
more information.
more information.
Save the date of February 26 for a special Art of Science
presentation and discussion at the Romberg Tiburon
Center. “The Slimy and the Spineless: Portraits of Unsung
Ocean Heroes” will be given by photographers/author
Center, 3152 Paradise Drive. Light refreshments will be
served at 6:30 p.m., with the presentation at 7 p.m. and a
Broom Busters on Saturday, February 7, from 9
a.m. to 12 noon. Help clean up Old St. Hilary’s Open Space
lot, 1600 Mar West Street. Get some great exercise while
improving our Open Space.
information or for reservations.
Join the monthly bird walks at the Richardson Bay
Audubon Center & Sanctuary on Thursday, February 12.
Meet at the iron gate entrance at 10:15 a.m., but please
Tiburon Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce
2015 Board of Directors
welcome. If you do not have a pair of binoculars, they will
A new shop is now open at 46 A Main Street: Enlighten
Optometry
the art vision testing, personalized lenses and handcrafted
eye wear and sunglasses. Open Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, go to <www.
enlightenoptometry.com>. Phone: 415-488-5068.
Steve Sears
Dave Bennett
President
Treasurer
Jim Allen.
Belvedere Land Co.
Gary Lucas
Zelinsky Properties LLC
Chong Cook
Point Tiburon Plaza
Maggie McDonogh
AI-Tiburon Ferry
Peggy Curran
Mary Neilan
Michael Gornet
Mr. Handyman
Preston Petty
Blinds & Designs
Larry Hadley
IR Hadley Company
Jon P. Rankin
Attorney-at-Law
Jan Harder
ACV Argo Tiburon, LP
Jill Selden
Bank of Marin
Lyndasue Johnson
Bradley Real Estate
Angelo Servino
Servino Ristorante
who put on a
The Beacon
Published monthly by the
Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
96B Main Street, Box 563
Tiburon, CA 94920
435-5633
Melanie Haddad
Publisher
Laleh Zelinsky
Zelinsky Properties LLC
Diane Smith
Editor
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