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Larry Wagner’s “Artists of the Mendocino Coast” By Debbie L. Holmer An engineer by training and corporate executive by profession, Larry Wagner has been propelled into the world of art. And photographing 77 of our local artists - painters, jewelers, ceramicists, sculptors, photographers and weavers – turned out to be one of the most enjoyable projects of Larry Wagner’s career. Larry conceived of this book project in May of 2007, when he took a picture of local painter Sunshine Taylor in front of her show at the Mendocino Art Center. Viewing the shot in the back of his digital camera, he was struck with the realization that the current crop of artists who are busily creating great works in this magical area should have recognition. He then asked Sunshine what she thought of the idea of a book, and with the enthusiasm that is her trademark, she encouraged him to start at once. Larry and Sunshine collaborated to select 77 artists whom they consider to be treasures of the region. The shooting began on June 26, 2007, and concluded October 27, 2007, just four months later. That was an intense time for both Larry and his wife and forever helpmate, Marilyn Schoefer Wagner. Larry was taking eight to ten portraits a week, along with the editing, and “having the time of his life.” Although he had already known a few of them, Larry was thrilled to get to meet all 77 artists. Larry said, “It became a collaborative project; the artists would pick the place and their dress. I would start taking pictures right away. I realized pretty quickly that I wasn’t in control. We weren’t done until the artist and I both were elated with the pictures. Sometimes I only had to take a few pictures; sometimes it was 100. What was important was the result, the quality of the portrait and the feeling of the person I was taking a picture of.” “There is an inner beauty in everyone,” Larry went on to say, “and that’s what I try to capture.” Artists of the Mendocino Coast has turned out to be quite a community-builder. Larry, Marilyn and Sunshine hosted a potluck preview and slideshow of the book in early November. He told me, “It was so fulfilling to see their reactions; 110 people were there. I loved seeing their expressions. The artist community seems closer and the Art Center is becoming energized again. Everyone stops to talk to me about it, so I kind of feel like a rock star! If anyone had asked me 20 years ago that I’d be doing a portrait of artists on the Mendocino Coast, I would never have guessed it. Although I’ve always been open to possibilities. I believe we’re never too told to start something new.” Larry Wagner is a man who has a good eye and loves people. He credits his abilities to his wonderful coach, Loren Hammer, the award winning fashion photographer of GQ, Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, among others. In the book’s introduction, Marilyn Schoefer Wagner writes the following: “This book evolved from the vision and initiative of Bill and Jennie Zacha who created Mendocino Art Center … many of the artists in this book are teachers and exhibitors at Mendocino Art Center.” Larry Wagner’s work can be seen at the Mendocino Coast Photographer Guild and Gallery in Fort Bragg, Glassfire Gallery in Fort Bragg, the Mendocino Art Center and on his Website at www.wagnerphotoart.com. Artists of the Mendocino Coast is available for sale at the Mendocino Art Center, Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, Cheshire Bookshop in Fort Bragg, Harvest Market, Edgewater Gallery in Fort Bragg, Highlight Gallery in Mendocino, and, of course, at the Mendocino Coast Photographers Guild and Gallery in Fort Bragg. 23 Mendocino County Gallery Guide FIRST FRIDAYS IN FORT BRAGG Most galleries and businesses holding First Friday art openings are open from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. SECOND SATURDAYS IN MENDOCINO Most galleries and businesses holding Second Saturday art openings are open from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. UKIAH - EVERY SATURDAY Arts in Motion at Farmers Market Art and crafts, starting May 17, contact 467-0200 LAST SATURDAYS IN WESTPORT Galleries & businesses holding Last Saturday art openings are open from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. WESTPORT GALLERY THIS Highway 1, Main Street 707 964-2027 FORT BRAGG FRAME MILL ARTWORKS 116 Laurel Street 707 964-6464 ART @ 3g 303 N. Main Street, Suite 3g 707 964-9666 GARDEN ART & GIFTS 1230 N. Main Street 707 964-7897 ART EXPLORERS 305 E. Redwood Avenue 707 961-6156 GLASS FIRE ART GLASS GALLERY 18320 N. Highway 1 707 962-9420 A unique display of art glass, including jellies, vessels, lighting, sculpture and jewelry. Visit the working studio. BRAGGADOON 435 N. Main Street 707 964-5050 DAN HEMANN SCULPTURE AND THE GREEN DOOR STUDIO 121 E. Laurel Street 707 964-6532 DIRT CHEAP 17975 N. Highway 1 707 964-4211 EDGEWATER GALLERY 356 N. Main Street 707 964-4668 ERIN DERTNER STUDIO 137 E. Laurel Street 707 964-7781 ESTATES GALLERY 330 N. Franklin Street 707 961-0932 24 FABRIC INDULGENCE 101 E. Boatyard Center 707 964-6365 HEADLANDS COFFEEHOUSE 120 E. Laurel Street 707 964-1987 MENDO BISTRO Company Store at N. Main 707 964-4974 MENDOCINO COAST PHOTOGRAPHER GUILD & GALLERY 301 N. Main Street 707 964-6704 PRENTICE GALLERY 17701 N. Highway 1 707 962-0732 Showing local artists’ paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, wood turnings and ceramics. On site jeweler Wed. Largest custom picture frame shop on the North Coast. RUBAIYAT BEADS 222 E. Redwood Avenue 707 961-0222 SEAVIEW GALLERY 18877 N. Highway 1 707 889-0962 TOTO ZAIDA 142 E. Laurel Street 707 964-8686 V’ CANTO 124 E. Laurel Street 707 964-6844 MENDOCINO COAST PHOTOGRAPHER GUILD & GALLERY 301 N. Main Street, (In the Company Store) Fort Bragg 707-964-5063 The Curl by Larry R Wagner Devoted to inspiring photographic excellence on California’s North Coast. OLD GOLD 6 Albion Street, Mendocino 707 937-5005 MENDOCINO AMERICAN PIE 45050 Main Street 707 937-3235 ARTISTS CO-OP OF MENDOCINO 45270 Main Street 707 937-2217 ART THAT MAKES YOU LAUGH© Corner Main and Lansing 707 937-1354 CELTIC CREATIONS By Appointment 707 937-1223 COASTSIDE GALLERY 45055 Albion Street 707 937-4960 Mark Hileman, Opal Wave Bracelet Where you will find beautifully detailed jewelry fabricated in the original art form of die striking and hand chasing. THINK VISUAL THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY 215 Main Street, Point Arena 707 882-4042 COLOR & LIGHT GLASS STUDIO 10525 Ford Street 707 937-1003 NORTH COAST ARTISTS 362 N. Main Street 707 964-8266 DAZZLING LITES ON THE COAST 42580 Little Lake Road 707 937-0837 • 707 226-2815 PIACI PUB & PIZZERIA 120 W. Redwood Street 707 961-1133 GARTH HAGERMAN Nature Photography Gallery 45021-C Little Lake Street 707 937-1987 Beautiful, so Beautiful is the Lady, Shining as She Stands by the Window, Shining by Jeff Hillier Open daily • Hours will vary Photographs by Elizabeth Perillat and Jeff Hillier HIGHLIGHT GALLERY 45052 Main Street 707 937-3132 ICONS 10466 Lansing Street 707 937-1784 LISA KRISTINE GALLERY 45104 Main Street 707 937-3898 MENDOCINO ART CENTER 45200 Little Lake Street 707 937-5818 MENDOCINO BAKERY & CAFE 10483 Lansing Street 707 937-0836 MENDOCINO CAFÉ 10451 Lansing Street 707 937-2422 RUBAIYAT BEAD & RUG GALLERY Lansing & Little Lake Street 707 937-1217 STANFORD INN BY THE SEA Hwy. 1 & Comptche-Ukiah Road 707 937-5615 THE WORLD OF SUZI LONG 611 Albion Street – Watertower 707 937-5664 WISDOM HOUSE GALLERY 45280 Main Street 707 937-3360 ZACHA’S BAY WINDOW GALLERY 560 Main Street 707 937-5205 LITTLE RIVER & ALBION MENDOCINO CANCER RESOURCE CENTER 45040 Calpella Street 707 937-3833 LEDFORD HOUSE 3000 N. Highway 1, Albion 707 937-0282 MENDOCINO GEMS 10540 Lansing Street 707 937-0299 LITTLE RIVER INN 7751 N. Highway 1, Little River 888-INN-LOVE MENDOCINO JEWELRY STUDIO 45104 Main Street 707 937-0181 MENDOCINO SANDPIPER 45280 Main Sreet 707 937-3102 MOODY’S INTERNET CAFÉ & GALLERY 10450 Lansing Street 707 937-4843 OLD GOLD 6 Albion Street 707 937-5005 PARTNERS GALLERY at Glendeven Inn 8205 Highway 1, Little River 707 937-3525 Local artists exhibiting painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry, water sculpture and handwoven rugs. Thursday-Monday 10 am-5 pm STEVENSWOOD FINE ARTS 8211 N. Highway 1, Little River 707 937-2810 ELK PANACHE ON MAIN 45110 Main Street 707 937-0947 ARTIST’S COLLECTIVE IN ELK 6031 S. Highway 1, Elk 707 877-1128 PANACHE GALLERY 10400 Kasten Street 707 937-1234 GREENWOOD PIER INN/CAFÉ & COUNTRY STORE 5928 S. Highway 1, Elk 707 877-9997 REFLECTIONS KALEIDESCOPES 45050 Main Street (entrance on Albion St.) 707 937-0173 POINT ARENA THINK VISUAL THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY 215 Main Street 707 882-4042 GUALALA UKIAH ALINDER STUDIO GALLERY 39165 S. Highway 1 707 884-4884 CINNABAR CERAMICS GALLERY 106 W. Church Street 707 621-1135 BLUE CANOE Anchor Bay 707 884-1800 THE CORNER GALLERY Ukiah Art Center 201 S. State St. 462-1400 THE DOLPHIN GALLERY An associate of Gualala Arts Center 39225 Highway 1 707 884-3896 CRAFTSMAN ESTATE FINE ART & ANTIQUES 396 N. State Street 707 463-3900 GUALALA ARTS CENTER 46501 Old State Highway, off Highway 1 707 884-1138 GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM 431 S. Main Street 707 467-2836 HENLEY’S ART & INTERIORS Cypress Village 707 884-1531 GRACES ON MAIN/HOYMANBROWN STUDIO 323 N. Main Street 707 462-5911 • 707 468-8835 PLACEWARES + LYNDON DESIGN Cypress Village 707 884-1184 ONE EARTH STUDIO GALLERY & GIFT SHOP 310 Mason 707 467-0200 THE SEA RANCH LODGE FRONT GALLERY An associate of Gualala Arts Center The Sea Ranch 707 785-2371 T B GREENE GALLERY 104 W. Church 707 462-5756 S/K GALLERY Cypress Village 707 884-3549 STUDIO 391 FINE ART GALLERY Cypress Village 707 884-4484 HYW. 128 MAPLE CREEK WINERY 20799 Highway 128, Yorkville 707 895-3001 The Gallery at Maple Creek Winery features the artwork of Vintner Tom Rodrigues. ARTEVINO - art & wine. ROOKIE-TO GALLERY 14300 Highway 128, Boonville 707 895-2204 TIERRA 312 N. School Street 707 468-7936 WILLITS BLUE SKY GALLERY 21 S. Main 707 456-9025 MENDOCINO COUNTY MUSEUM 400 E. Commercial Street 707 459-2736 WILLITS CENTER FOR THE ARTS 71 E. Commercial Street 707 459-3956 To be listed in this Guide please contact: Mendocino, Fort Bragg Steven P. Worthen, 707 964-2480 707 813-7669 Inland Jill Schmuckley, 707 391-8057 25 O Q C U @@@@@ O F 26 Jewelry Artists Chris & Shani Christenson show fine Celtic and nature inspired jewelry and specialize in Custom Celtic Wedding rings Corner of Main and Kasten Streets (upstairs) Mendocino • 707-937-1223 www.celticcreations.com E I A L N T M E N D O C I N O 45270 MAIN STREET MENDOCINO • 707 937 4201 oceanquiltsmendocino.com LOCALLY MADE QUILTS • MINIATURE QUILTS • FOLK ART TABLE LINENS • REPRODUCTION BAUER POTTERY OPEN DAILY 10:30-5:30 S MAC’s A rt Loan Program I n an effort to expand the goods and services which we have been providing the community at the Mendocino Art Center for decades, we are pleased to present the new Art Loan Program to members and non-members alike. Here’s how it works. At absolutely no cost or obligation to clients, our art consultants (after an initial consultation to determine your preferences) will deliver a selection of artwork to your business, residence, or special event. But that is just where the fun begins! We also will gladly utilize our expertise to properly display the art and consult with you on lighting, framing, design elements and appraisal. It is like having your own interior designing staff. We provide all the heavy lifting and discriminating eye for detail. Here is what some of our clients are saying: “It is SO easy—no more climbing on ladders or making holes in the walls unnecessarily. Plus I can check out different things just like at the library but without the late fees.” Other clients have reported that they enjoy this unique free service because in the privacy of their own homes they can get a feel for their potential purchase as well as viewing art in various lighting conditions. Large garden art also can be experienced in different locations. Even commissioned artwork can be Mendocino Art Center’s Gallery Manager Mark Cody. made available from our deep well of local artists. This popular program is the best way of ensuring that when you eventually purchase any artwork it is a correct and deliberate decision. If it is not a perfect fit our staff will gladly pick it up and return it to the Art Center with no obligation. When you are ready to enjoy all the benefits of the Art Loan Program, contact Mark Cody, Gallery Manager, at 937-5818 ext. 14, or drop by the Art Center and get the tour. We are open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm (open seven days a week beginning June 1st). 27 William Rohr: Hip Artist by Michael Potts According to Dr. William Rohr, it’s no accident that members of his profession – physicians – say they practice. Just like other artists, they constantly push the limits of their media, seeking faithful reproduction of their vision of perfection. “Art creates emotion in people. I like that,” Bill says. He might well be talking about a diagnostic x-ray of a recent hip replacement: for him, there’s an artist’s satisfaction in implanting a “bionic joint” that foretells a long, pain-free experience for his patient. Bill, no mere consumer of medical legerdemain, developed the anatomic database that is used to design most of the major joint implants. He also helped develop a precise x-ray system used to plan and evaluate total joint replacement surgery. Accurate placement of the implant is critical – legs work best if the surgeon recreated normal anatomy. “That x-ray is my personal report card,” Bill admits to a patient who catches him appreciating the film with an artist’s appreciation for work well done. In a career easily equal to three normal lifetimes, Bill Rohr has given much more to medicine and human well-being than a special x-ray set-up. The hip implant, an amazing sculpture of high-tech materials, and many of the special purpose tools used for implantation, are based on his patents – he holds more than forty – and were originally developed by him. His “day job,” orthopaedic surgery, is an intensely personal practice of the healing arts because it aspires to replace a critical failed human system – a hip, for example – with a mechanical proxy that gives the patient back his or her life. Talking to Bill in his Fort Bragg photo gallery, 28 Mendocino Coast Photography Guild & Gallery, in the Company Store, I struggle to connect the tall, talkative, genial fellow with the lifetime of achievement and experience he off-handedly reports. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the small New Jersey town of Fanwood, Bill graduated from Princeton (‘69, Electrical Engineering), and NYU (Mechanical Engineering) before medical school at Washington University in Saint Louis. At the time, America was in love with technology, and Christiaan Barnard and Michael DeBakey and their first successful heart transplants were big news. Bill knew he was bound for medicine, but he wanted to get a good foundation in the mathematically intense field of control systems first. “I foresaw the convergence of medicine and engineering,” he explains, “but my teachers and classmates considered my curriculum choices a little weird.” After a rotation in cardio-vascular service, working with desperately ill patients, Bill was ready to change his focus to orthopaedics, in part because the patients, excepting their bone problems, were usually healthy, but mostly because he saw that there was much more to be done with bones and muscles than with the heart. Among the world’s most fortunate humans, Bill “just happened” to be at the right places at the right times to make big contributions in the field that would come to be known as bio-medical engineering. There’s much more art to Bill Rohr than his practice of restoring people’s mobility and quality of life. As a teen-ager he started exploring photography, and even then he was fascinated by the immediacy and faithfulness of picture-taking. Now, in his third retirement, he is taking time to share his enthusiasm with others. Sitting with Bill in the gallery during his Sunday afternoon stint, it’s hard to miss the accessibility and impact of his work on casual visitors. “When we opened our gallery, we were surprised by the number of people who’d look at one of our photos and say, ‘I tried to take that photograph, too – how did you get it so sharp, so bright?’” In response, Bill and his four gallery partners (two engineers, Larry Wagner and Patrick Davis, a biologist, Ron LeValley, and John Birchard, a fine woodworker) started offering classes ranging from simple point-and-shoot to the most technical of macro photography. “When we opened the gallery, we had three goals: provide gallery space for the many, many excellent coast photographers; educate people about the power of imagery and the swiftly evolving technology of photographic image-making; and make our art affordable. Bill and his colleagues, all technophiles, are passionate about the rapid evolution and expanding potential of electronic photography, within the camera and after the shutter clicks. Innovation might as well be Bill’s middle name, and his present work – mostly nature and scenic photography – is not his first outing with bleeding edge technology. When he set about designing a practical artificial hip, he realized that manufacturing an implant “to order” for each patient would be prohibitively expensive, and so, ever the engineer, he set out to discover just how many hip models would be required to serve the human population “from Japan to Sweden.” (Answer: seven.) He did this by gathering skeletons from around the world and bringing them to his lab in San Diego to be CAT-scanned and entered into a database for testing against proposed hip designs. Already familiar with computer-aided design and algorithmic edge detection, two extremely rarified and demanding fields, he discovered that the CAT-scan programs were lousy at precise edge detection, the crux of evaluating a good fit in a bionic joint ...so he rewrote the software. It therefore should come as no surprise that Bill’s technical expertise and photographic equipment is first rate. “That image of San Francisco,” he says, pointing to an eight foot by two foot print, “that print is unenlarged, 141 megabits. It was made with my electronic Hasselblad with a very special custom order telephoto lens, and a Seitz Panoramic Table that enables me to take series of shots in very short order.” 29 We note that the boats’ wakes beneath the Golden Gate are uninterrupted by the pauses that plague more primitive efforts at stitching photos together. We also note the extreme detail and correct rendering at the image edges. “That’s because most photographers make this photograph with a wide-angle lens, losing the detail and distorting the edges,” he explains. I suggest to Bill that “art” is at the core of all his work, and he stops for just a moment to consider. If we define art as “work evoking emotion,” we can’t overestimate the joy experienced by a patient whose mobility has been restored. There’s plenty of sculpting and artful fitting involved in even the simplest surgical procedure. And here, on the gallery walls, we see evidence of Bill’s attention to detail and pursuit of perfection. “I chose photography over other media because it faithfully records a subject at a moment in time. As the photographer, I do my best to make a faithful record...” and Bill laughs at himself: “I’m pretty geeky about it, too, exposing a frame of a Macbeth Color Checker under prevailing light so I can be sure that the color rendering of my prints is perfectly accurate.” He confesses equally geeky insistence on good focus: “I can always add blur, but I can’t add true sharpness. I’m a control systems guy, and for me, taking a picture is all about exactly capturing the data. Most photographers are seeking technical perfection, I think – we want to record the most faithful, accurate image possible.” Considering Bill’s peripatetic career, I ask, “Why Fort Bragg?” Bill laughs. “Love the people, hate the weather...” then goes on to explain the potential he sees for Fort Bragg and the Mendocino Coast’s continued development as an artistic economic base, replacing the dwindling resource extraction industries like logging and fishing. “We’re proud that our gallery was named the town’s most innovative new small business. The number of good hobbyist photographers on the coast 30 amazed me – and became the reason for our guest photographer program. As a hobbyist myself, I want my hobby to support itself, at least a little...” The passion that has moved him to contribute to medical knowledge and seek perfection in photographic art appears anew in his dedication to his new home. “We want to be part of Fort Bragg’s artistic rebirth. Our gallery, and the big Company Store windows along Main Street, are our best advertisement.” Asked what provides his drive and inspiration, Bill is quick to respond, "It's people. They provide the diversity and rich fabric of life.” Understuff! Cheshire Books A good book begins here. OCEANFRONT INN & COTTAGES Just steps to the beach and a stroll to fine restaurants, galleries and the Mendocino Art Center. ocean views • decks • fireplaces An enchanting refuge for rest and renewal... On Main Street at Evergreen Mendocino Village 800 780-7905 • 707 937-5150 www.oceanfrontmagic.com Cheshire Books… your independent community bookstore in the heart of Fort Bragg’s downtown shopping district. INTIMATE APPAREL PRE-TEENS TO VOLUPTUOUS FICTION • NON-FICTION • CHILDREN’S OPEN DAILY 345 North Franklin Street Downtown Fort Bragg (707) 964-5918 310 N. FRANKLIN ST. FORT BRAGG (707) 964-5013 31 Girlie Shows and Bookstores — r e m e m b r a n c e s by Fionna Perkins In late August of 1960 my friend Jean Crotty and I went from Marin County for a week up to Mendocino. We drove my new little Volkswagon on the coast road. It was foggy. Took us seven hours. Jean couldn’t believe that the trip could take so long. I didn’t know about the logging trucks. I never did scream or anything but I put a lot of holes in the floorboard, pushing that brake down. We finally got to Mendocino, where Grace West had the Music Box on Main Street, a ‘gathering’ place for local people, with rooms and food. We got a room and had dinner and I began to meet the folks. Now, my husband Richard and I had met Jennie and Bill Zacha at an art show at City of Paris in San Francisco and we had dinner together. Bill wanted us to 32 visit Mendocino and kept eyeing me, looking at me. Well, I was this new person, what could I contribute to the Art Center? The Art Center’s art fair, together with food, a rummage sale, and folk dancing, was planned for the following weekend. Also what Bill called a ‘girlie’ show, which I got roped into. They found this gorgeous vibrant blue kimono with a dragon on the back of it for me to wear. Dee Lemos got a platinum wig for me. Richard was instructed to bring up my false eyelashes. I had sandals and bare feet—that was a requisite, because that’s how they all were in vaudeville—dirty bare feet, the come-on at the sideshow. I did a nighttime performance, then all day Sunday. On a table. Bill would lift me up, because it was too high for me. He used a tin bucket for drum, which he beat as I swayed back and forth. One dancer was this little old greyhaired lady who was renting at the Art Center. She had a hula skirt and was kind of fat. One was a schoolteacher, real tall and skinny woman, who Bill called a ‘chantoosie’ (not chanteuse). Seems to me that there were five of us. The final dance was a take-off on Gypsy Rose Lee. Peeling, peeling, peeling and there she was, in her long winter underwear. We started at 25¢ admission and got up to 75¢. We intended to do two or three shows and ended up doing five— just raking in those quarters. During that day, just in passing conversation, I said to Bill that it would be fun to have a bookstore in a place like Mendocino. Well, I didn’t know Bill, or I wouldn’t have said anything like that. He was writing a column (“Art Center Rapport”) for the Mendocino Beacon and he put in a few lines that the Perkins were exploring the possibility a bookstore. That night we were invited to Hilda Pertha’s place to see her slides of the redwood country. Some time in the evening a fellow named Al Reynolds, who was married to the woman who did the take-off on Gypsy Rose Lee, said to me, “Oh! You’re going to start a bookstore in Mendocino. Who are you going to sell books to? Nobody in Mendocino will buy books!” I’ve often thought that Zacha and Reynolds got together and planned this, because he couldn’t have said anything that would fascinate me more than showing him that he was wrong. So I came back to Mendocino the end of October to open a bookstore. By then Bill owned the building where the bookstore is now (the Elliott Building), with two apartments upstairs. I rented the one to the south. In the meantime I had gone to Quality Paperbacks in San Francisco; I think I had $25.00 to invest in books. I also had books of my own. Richard was working on a project for McGraw-Hill and one of the editors came up and brought art books to show. What I didn’t know was that the Art Center members had voted to have a gallery in that space, but this actually worked beautifully, because art could be displayed there also. I had bought a bunch of gold corduroy and Jennie had made some wonderful swag drapes for the bay window. The morning we were to open, on a Sunday, there I was, biting my nails, and thinking, “How did I get into this?” I had come back to Mendocino for a week to do some writing; instead I was opening a bookstore, with books, together with paintings on the walls. Pretty soon there were noises and I thought, “Are those footsteps?” Then there were a lot of footsteps. My God, these people came trouping up from Mendocino where they all lived and where this bookstore was and they bought me out! I didn’t have a great supply but they bought most of them. It was just wonderful; I was so pleased. Then I went back to San Francisco and got resupplied. Richard and I had the store for awhile. We’d leave Marin County on Friday, go to Mendocino, and have parties over the weekend. But it was a long trip so soon I turned the bookstore over to Bill. For a few years he had the books and the gallery back where Compass Rose is today. Then Tom and Marvel Glynn took the books from Bill and opened the Gallery Bookstore on Kasten Street. They sold it to Betty Goodman, who sold it to Tony Miksak, and recently Christie Olson Day became the new owner. So there's never been a break in the almost 48 years that Mendocino has had a bookstore. —Oral History by Bruce Levene 33 Mendocino County Restaurant Guide Mendocino County Restaurants – Something for every dining desire Mendocino County boasts a bountiful array of unique restaurants, with memorable dining experiences, magnificent views and delectable delights to satisfy any craving. Locally produced and organically grown ingredients, as well as freshly baked goods, are a hallmark of many restaurants throughout the county. You'll find cuisine ranging from Thai to Italian to French to North Coast favorites, and enjoy ambience spanning from fine dining to cozy pubs to comfortable, relaxed coffee houses. Pick one. You can't go wrong! Check Out These Special Restaurants Forks Café by Pete Halstad One day in early January, after registering for an introductory voice class at Mendocino College – my first college class since graduate school at Sonoma State over thirty years ago – my friend Jim and I decided to go somewhere for lunch. Recalling the advice an old traveling buddy had once given me, I suggested that we look for the café with the most pickup trucks parked in front. A short ways up North State Street, just at the intersection with Lake Mendocino Drive, we found it: the Forks Café. It was about 11:30 am and the café’s small parking lot was almost full. Jim asked me if the hay-laden flatbed near the entrance “counted.” If so, we’d struck gold: pickups and nothing else. Inside, the light-filled café was sparkling clean and the two ladies behind the counter were most welcoming. The ambiance was just what we were looking for, friendly and no nonsense. We saw some familiar faces among the customers – local contractors mostly – (Ukiah, thankfully, is still a small town) as well as a few out-of-towners, distinguishable by the corporate logos above their shirt pockets. After wishing us good morning, showing us to a table and asking if we’d like something to drink (coffee, tea, soda) our gracious waitperson gave us all the time we needed to look over the tantalizing, if typical, café menu. What wasn’t so typical, we soon discovered, was the quality of the food. Fresh, homemade split pea soup and potato salad, and a let34 ter perfect grilled cheese sandwich and thick, juicy hamburger (the latter for Jim – a big eater) were, we both agreed, just what the doctor ordered. When we’d finished, and the waitress asked if we’d care for dessert, only the thought of confessing to our wives kept us from sampling the delicious looking carrot cake. Nonetheless, we went away happy. So, next time you’re in the Ukiah area and want a pleasant old-time, café dining experience, try the Forks Café where you’ll find friendly, efficient service, good food and a nice, homey atmosphere. You might even feel as though the clock had been set back a few decades, to a time when these amenities went without saying, were reasonably priced – and (relatively) guilt-free. The Forks Café is open for breakfast and lunch, from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monday through Friday. 3166 North State Street, Ukiah, CA 707 462-4530 Café Beaujolais . . . Rising by Gus T. Torrey Mendocino's perennial "destination" restaurant is regaining its former brilliance. Chef-owner David LaMonica's balancing of complex flavors rivals and at times surpasses the Beauj's former glories. Ingredients are as fresh and local as can be, and the ambiance is gracious. The Beaujolais is a Mendocino institution that has gained from a lucky string of world-class owner-chefs, including local treasure Margaret Fox and Chris Kump. Margaret's and Chris's books are still proudly displayed in the entry, and the dining room sparkles with homey reserve reminiscent of the founding Pitzenbargers. Dinner begins with the Beaujolais' "almost unfair advantage": the Coast's best and freshest bread from the Brickery next door. Superb Austrian seed bread, a rye to die for, and wonderful fougasse in a basket, served by unobtrusive but obliging staff, set the meal's tone. A table-mate claims that a Beaujolais lunch, a one-time village staple happily once again being served, is affordable yet just as festive as dinner. Another waxes lyrical about Beaujolais breakfasts, hoping Chef David is listening. Our feast starts with Dungeness crab cakes, and we find them fresh, refined, and delicate on their bed of Asian slaw and innovative scallion vinaigrette. Nor could we resist the butter braised beets and crispy polenta brightened with microKendall-Jackson greens and herbed Italian cheese. Presentation of each dish is painterly and sensitive, but never too pretty to devour. Our long-time favorite, pan-roasted sturgeon filet, is back to its original mark: firm whitefish in a truffle emulsion over house-made tagliatelle, each bite a harmonious surprise. We are relieved to learn that sturgeon, a landlocked fish wild caught in the Columbia River, is a good low-mercury alternative to more endangered (or dangerous) fish. Others at our table share cast iron roasted duck breast with perfectly charred skin counterpointed by herbed gnocchi and local wild blackberry jus, and generous slices of succulent pork chop bedded with savory polenta, basil aioli, and braised flame grapes. Luckily, we have enough bread still in the basket to salvage the last of each distinct sauce. We are barely able to sample a profiterole dessert, but are glad we do. 961 Ukiah Street, Mendocino • www.CafeBeaujolais.com 707 937-5614 Wild and gathered by Nicholas Petti Wild and gathered is the name of a salad dressing in my notes from cooking school in San Francisco. The name had always intrigued me but when I looked at the ingredients, they didn’t seem to fit the name. After moving to Mendocino County however, “wild and gathered” is part of what I do. My first home here was in Comptche, in a sunny Aframe with abundant claytonia, or miner’s lettuce, growing right out my back door. I’d pick a bunch in the morning, pack it into the saddlebags of my motorcycle and serve it that night as a special. My co-worker, painter Elizabeth Ross, told me when she moved to the Anderson Valley she couldn’t believe all “the free food, just sprouting up from the ground.” As the year passes I look forward to the wild things to be had here; pungent wild onions, wild radish, and dandelion greens in the spring, crisp, peppery nasturtium leaves in summer, blackberries and apples in the fall, and that’s just in my yard. Further afield there are king bolete, chanterelle, hedgehog, and candy cap mushrooms. Stalks of fennel yield not only tasty leaves, but pollen and, if you catch them in time, seeds. Neighbors stop by with crab, salmon, abalone and other delights from the sea. All go great with kelp pickles, crunchy rings of bull kelp, easy to find and easy to make. I, like many of my friends cooking in restaurants here, am in an extremely luxurious position. Most of our places are small enough that a quick foraging trip in the morning brings us enough of something wonderful to serve to our guests that evening. And what better way for all of us to enjoy where we are: the cooks, by getting out into the woods, gathering things and thinking about how to introduce them to people who’ve never tasted a wild radish or oxalis; the guests, by trying something new, something that truly is of this very magical, special place we can all call home, even if only for a weekend. Nicholas Petti Chef/Owner Mendo Bistro 35 CAFE BEAUJOLAIS ■ Dine in understated elegance ■ Stroll through our Beaujolais Garden ■ Fresh bread daily from our wood fired brick oven ■ Open year round A MENDOCINO LANDMARK FOR OVER 30 YEARS Lunch Wed-Sun 11:30-2:30 For Reservations, Call 937-5614 Dinners nightly starting at 5:45 9 6 1 U k i a h S t r e e t , M e n d o c i n o • w w w. C a f e B e a u j o l a i s . c o m 36 Mendocino 937-1955 Char-Broiled Burgers • Chicken Fresh-Cut Fries • Thick Shakes Open Thurs.–Sun. at 6pm Closed Mon, Tue & Wed www.955restaurant.com "Don't miss this hidden gem" - Wine Spectator Best Burgers on the North Coast for 20 Years "…well-versed wait staff." - S.F. Chronicle "A must-do dining experience!" - Sunset Magazine Follow The Path Behind the Bakery Lansing St., Mendocino 937-1111 "…955 Ukiah Street exemplifies many of the reasons visitors and residents love this coast." -Appellation Seasonal North Coast Cooking with Garden and Ocean Views Serving Lunch & Dinner Indoor & Outdoor Seating Available Dinner Reservations Welcomed Kasten at Albion, Mendocino • 707 937-4323 Visit our website: www.themoosse.com 37 mendocino cookie company Specializing in Great SandwichesCold & Grilled Now Serving Breakfast Garden and Indoor Seating Free Delivery In Mendocino Village Open 7 Days Catering • Free Wireless Internet Ukiah Street across from the Post Office Locally owned and family run since 1984. Organic espresso & coffee drinks, frappes & smoothies. Gourmet cookies, muffins, scones, and more, baked fresh daily. Open 7 days a week 301 N. Main St., Fort Bragg, CA 707 964-0282 707-937-Fish (3474) Cookies shipped nationwide www.mendocinocookies.com GOOD FOOD FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FREE RANGE CHICKEN, GRASS FED BEEF & WILD OCEAN CAUGHT SEAFOOD Mendocino Café 10451 LANSING ST., MENDOCINO • 707-937-6141 38 PASTA, PRODUCE, POTATOES, RICE & BEANS CERTIFIED ORGANIC LOCAL, ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC WINES MICROBREWERY BEERS PLUS THE EVER POPULAR THAI BURRITO, MEAL-SIZED SALADS AND IRRESISTIBLE HOMEMADE DESSERTS SEASONAL ORGANIC SPECIALS ADDED DAILY “An Italian Dinner House” Specializing in Coastal Italian Food and Locally Harvested Catch Join us for Late Night Dining and Desserts Acoustic Live Music Fri & Sat at 7 pm Enjoy our Wine Bar, featuring a large selection of local and European Wines by the glass and imported specialty Beer. Largest plasma screen on the North Coast Sports & Entertainment Specials Locals Love Dinner Nightly 5 - 9 Local Seafood • Fresh Pasta • Vegetarian Dishes Steaks • Beer & Wine • Great Desserts “Chef Nicholas Petti continues his amazing track record at this Fort Bragg labor of love... Top Food-Mendocino County” Zagat 2008 "Number 1 out of 21 in Fort Bragg" TripAdvisor.com Open Sun. through Thurs. 5-10, Fri. and Sat. 5-11 124 E. Laurel St., Fort Bragg 964-6844 Take Out is available 40 301 North Main Street at the corner of Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg 707 964-4974 • www.mendobistro.com Taproom & Grill 444 N. Main Street • Fort Bragg • 964-3400 Voted “Mendocino County Restaurant of the Year” by Great Chefs of Mendocino. LUNCH & DINNER Starting at Noon, 7 Days a Week SEAFOOD HEADQUARTERS. PROUD HOME OF RED SEAL ALE & OLD RASPUTIN STOUT GIFT SHOP & SATURDAY BREWERY TOURS www.northcoastbrewing.com HEADLANDS COFFEEHOUSE Entertainment Every Night! Espresso & Fresh Juices Belgian Waffles & Pastries Grilled Italian Focaccia Sandwiches A Wide Variety of Delicious Entrees Fresh Salads, Soups & Desserts **WiFi Zone** Sunday through Thursday 7 am – 10 pm Friday & Saturday 7 am – 11 pm 964-1987 120 E. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg www.headlandscoffeehouse.com 41 Fine wines, made from organic, estate grown grapes. 707 485-8771 www.barraofmendoocino.com The Changing Face of the California Wine Industry by Charles Barra Wineries, and grape growers especially, are facing many challenges from the consolidation of wineries and distributors, as well as the globalization of wine coming into the United States from other parts of the world. In the past, the economic climate for the wine industry was driven by domestic supply and demand. When prices for grapes were low because of production exceeding demand, the risk on investment for new vineyards went up, and plantings went down. This allowed consumption to bring supply into balance with demand and, as a result, grape prices increased. The economic climate for growers improved. However, globalization has changed all that. Now, when supply and demand begin to come into balance, and prices for grapes start to move up, imports from off shore take advantage of the opportunity to move wine into the U.S. wine markets to the extent that presently, 30% of U. S. wine consumption is imported wine. These wine imports impact the U. S. wine market and keep prices for grapes grown in the U.S., and particularly California, down. How does this play out in changing the landscape of California? Credible statistics show that acres of wine grapes have 42 come out in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys in the past two years. When this happens, hopefully that land is replanted to another crop. But many times, pressure is brought to bear on the local planners to change the use to either commercial or residential uses. It is mindboggling to me to see how the very best farmland in the world is being changed to another use. Is this a selfish plea to the consumer to drink only U. S. wines? Well, only if you appreciate the open space that agricultural land provides, the billions of dollars in tax dollars that fund government services (while requiring few services by agriculture), and if you have a desire to see the wine industry flourish while providing jobs for working families, instead of dwindle and become like the textile industry which is now all offshore. Barra of Mendocino wines are served at Redwood Valley Cellars, located in the heart of Mendocino County wine country, approximately 2 hours north of San Francisco just off of Highway 101. Open Daily 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 7051 North State Street, Redwood Valley, CA 95470. Phone 707 485-0322, Fax 707 485-6784 or visit their website at www.redwoodvalleycellars.com/. Restaurant Guide FORT BRAGG ASIAN BUFFET Hunan, Szechuan & Cantonese 405 Franklin Street • 964-8938 BERNILLO'S Pizzeria, Subs & Salads 220 E. Redwood Avenue • 964-9314 CAFÉ 1 Organic Breakfast & Lunch 753 N. Main Street • 964-3309 CLIFF HOUSE OF FORT BRAGG Seafood & Steak 1011 S. Main Street • 961-0255 D'AURELIO’S Fine Italian & Pizza 438 S. Franklin Street • 964-4227 DOWN HOME FOODS Lunch Deli 115 S. Franklin Street • 964-4661 EGGHEAD’S RESTAURANT Breakfast & Lunch 326 N. Main Street • 964-5005 G G’S THAI CAFÉ Thai 500 S. Main Street • 964-7931 HARVEST MARKET Organic, natural and traditional products & services Hwy. 1 & Hwy. 20 • 964-7000 Catering by Margaret Fox, full service deli, bakery and products from gourmet to everyday. Online shopping and delivery available. Open 7 days a week, 5 am-11 pm. HEADLANDS COFFEEHOUSE Espresso Coffee House 120 E. Laurel Street • 964-1987 HOME STYLE CAFE Breakfast & Lunch 790 S. Main Street • 964-6106 JD'S FLYING PIG Barbeque to go 18770 Hwy 1 • 964-6888 LAUREL DELI & DESSERTS Breakfast & Lunch 401 N. Main Street, Ste. 502 964-7812 LEE’S CHINESE RSTAURANT Family Chinese 154 E. Redwood Avenue 964-6843 LIVING LIGHT INTERNATIONAL 301-B N. Main Street In the Company Store • 964-2420 Making Healthy Living delicious! Cuisine to Go, an organic raw vegan café, Culinary Arts Institute: gourmet classes in raw cuisine Marketplacea healthy lifestyle boutique MARIACHIS Mexican 546 S. Main Street • 964-2893 MENDO BISTRO Contemporary American 301 N. Main Street • 964-4974 Fun, creative food from a completely scratch kitchen. Presented by friendly, energetic, professional waiters. Open every night from 5 pm to 9 pm. MENDOCINO COOKIE CO. Espresso Shop 303 N. Main Street • 964-0282 NIT'S CAFÉ International Cuisine 322 N. Main Street • 964-7187 TAKA’S GRILL Japanese & Sushi 250 N. Main Street • 964-5204 TW'S GRILLE & BAR Family Style 400 S. Main Street • 964-4761 V’ CANTO Late Night Italian 124 E. Laurel Street • 964-6844 VIRAPORN’S THAI CAFE Thai 16801 Ocean Drive • 962-0717 NOYO HARBOR CAP’N FLINTS Family Seafood 32250 N. Harbor Drive • 964-9447 CHAPTER & MOON Gourmet American 32150 N. Harbor Drive • 962-1643 DOLPHIN ISLE MARINA DELI Riverside Deli 32399 Basin • 964-4113 NORTH COAST BREWING TAPROOM & GRILL California Cuisine 444 N. Main Street • 964-3400 Award-winning beer, local wines & great food served in generous portions, in a relaxed atmosphere. State of the art function room available. SHARON’S BY THE SEA Contemporary American 32100 N. Harbor Drive • 962-0680 OFF THE HOOK SUSHI Nigri, Udon, Teriyaki & Sushi 118 E. Redwood Avenue 964-3188 SILVER'S AT THE WHARF Fresh Seafood & Contemporary American 32260 N. Harbor Drive • 964-4283 OLD COAST HOTEL BAR & GRILL Seafood 101 N. Franklin Street • 961-4488 PIACI PUB & PIZZERIA Pizza & Salads 20 W. Redwood Avenue • 961-1133 THE PURPLE ROSE Mexican 24300 N. Hwy. 1• 964-6507 THE RENDEZVOUS INN & RESTAURANT Fine Dining 647 N. Main Street • 964-8142 EL MEXICANO Mexican 701 N. Harbor Drive • 964-7164 MENDOCINO 955 UKIAH STREET RESTAURANT Fine Dining 955 Ukiah Street • 937-1955 BAY VIEW CAFÉ Relaxed American 45040 Main Street • 937-4197 CAFÉ BEAUJOLAIS Fine Dining 961 Ukiah Street • 937-5614 A menu inspired by California cuisine, a bounty of fresh ingredients and outstanding fresh bread from a wood-fire red brick oven. THE RESTAURANT Fine Dining 418 N. Main Street • 964-9800 CORNERS OF THE MOUTH Natural Foods 45015 Ukiah Street • 937-5345 SEAL OF APPROVAL INTERNET CAFÉ American, Mexican and Salad Bar 260 N. Main Street • 964-7099 CULTURED AFFAIR CAFÉ Sandwiches, Salads, Yogurt Corner of Kasten & Albion • 937-1430 FRANKIE’S HAND MADE ICE CREAM & PIZZA PARLOR Ice Cream, Pizza, Soup and More 44951 Ukiah Street • 937-2436 HARVEST AT MENDOSA’S Ready-to-go products and groceries 10501 Lansing Street • 937-5879 Full service meat and seafood counter, fresh produce, beer & wine, sushi and ready-to-go sandwiches made daily. Open 7 days a week, 7:30 am to 10 pm. LU’S KITCHEN Organic Mexican 45013 Ukiah Street • 937-4939 MACCALLUM HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT Fine Dining 45020 Albion Street • 937-0289 MENDO BURGERS Hamburgers & Sandwiches 10483 Lansing Street • 937-1111 MENDOCINO BAKERY & CAFÉ Soups, Salads, Burritos, Pizza 10485 Lansing Street • 937-0836 MENDOCINO CAFÉ Mendocino Cuisine 10451 Lansing Street • 937-6141 International dishes, organic produce, wild-harvested fresh seafood, beans, rice, pasta, Mendocino County grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, all GMO-free. Outside dining with ocean views. MENDOCINO HOTEL VICTORIAN DINING & GARDEN CAFÉ Fine Dining, Bar Menu 45080 Main Street • 937-0511 MENDOCINO MARKET Deli, Sandwiches, Picnic Foods 45051 Ukiah Street • 937-3474 Groceries, wines & beers, specialty sodas, and picnic items. Specializing in made to order grilled and cold sandwiches, house made salads, and soups. MOODY’S ORGANIC COFFEE BAR Coffee Bar 10450 Lansing Street • 937-4843 MOOSSE CAFÉ Seasonal North Coast 390 Kasten at Albion Street 937-4323 North Coast cooking with Mediterranean influences. Ocean and garden views with indoor and outdoor seating. 43 Restaurant Guide PATTERSON’S PUB Bar Menu 10485 Lansing Street • 937-4782 THE RAVENS AT THE STANFORD INN BY THE SEA Vegetarian Cuisine Coast Hwy. 1 & Comptche-Ukiah Rd. 937-5615 Prepares vegan and vegetarian cuisine with produce from their California Certified Organic farm and other organic producers. TOTE FETE Soups, Salads, Sandwiches 10450 Lansing Street • 937-3383 LITTLE RIVER & ALBION ALBION GROCERY Deli, Sandwiches, Picnic Foods 3380 Albion Ridge Road, Albion 937-5784 ALBION RIVER INN Fine Dining Highway 1, Albion • 800 479-7944 Features succulent fresh seafood and gourmet dishes such as oven-roasted quail, filled with chicken mousseline flavored with bacon. Romantic ocean view. HERITAGE HOUSE Fine Dining & Bar Menu 5200 N. Highway 1, Little River 937-5885 LA PETITE RIVE 2 seatings nightly, Thursday-Sunday 7750 N. Highway 1, Little River 937-4945 LEDFORD HOUSE RESTAURANT Fine Dining 3000 N. Highway 1, Albion 937-0282 44 STEVENSWOOD RESTAURANT Nouvelle American 8211 N. Highway 1 937-2810 GUALALA HOTEL RESTAURANT Italian Family Dining 39301 Highway 1 707 884-3441 PATRONA BISTRO & WINE BAR Classic, Contemporary Cuisine 130 W. Standley Street 707 462-9181 ELK OCEANSONG RESTAURANT Seafood & California Highway 1 707 884-1041 RUEN TONG THAI CUISINE Fresh Ingredients, Beer, Wine List 801 N. State Street 707 462-0238 TOP O’ THE CLIFF Fine Dining Highway 1, Seacliff Center 707 884-1539 SCHAT’S COURTHOUSE BAKERY & CAFE Bakery, Breakfast, Lunch 113 W. Perkins 707 462-1670 BRIDGET DOLAN’S California Grill & Bar Menu 5910 S. Highway 1 707 877-1820 GREENWOOD PIER CAFÉ/INN & COUNTRY STORE California Cuisine 5928 S. Highway 1 707 877-9997 QUEENIE’S ROADHOUSE CAFÉ Breakfast & Lunch Highway 1 707 877-3285 POINT ARENA ARENA COVE BAR & GRILL Seafood, Burgers and Fish & Chips 790 Port Road 707 882-2100 PIZZA & CREAM Pizza & Ice Cream Arena Cove 707 882-1900 EL BURRITO Mexican 165 Main 707 882-2910 ANCHOR BAY MARIACHIS Mexican 35501 S. Highway 1 707 884-1735 REDWOOD GRILL Casual Fine Dining 35517 S. Highway 1 707 884-1639 LITTLE RIVER INN RESTAURANT Fine Dining Highway 1, Little River 937-5942 With ocean and garden views, Little River Inn serves fresh local food with genuine hospitality. BONES ROADHOUSE Barbecued Ribs Highway 1 707 884-1188 LITTLE RIVER MARKET & DELI Breakfasts, Salads, Grill Highway 1, Little River 937-5133 CAFÉ LA LA Soups, Salads & Sandwiches Cypress Village 707 884-1104 GUALALA THE SEA RANCH THE SEA RANCH LODGE & RESTAURANT California Cuisine 60 Sea Walk Drive 707 785-2371 ANDERSON VALLEY BOONVILLE HOTEL California Cuisine Highway 128, Boonville 707 895-2210 HIGHPOCKETY OX Classic American Highway 128, Boonville 707 895-2646 LIBBY’S RESTAURANT Mexican Highway 128, Philo 707 895-2646 UKIAH CHEESE CAKE MAMA’S Pastries, Espresso, Smoothies, Milkshakes 200 Henry Street 707 462-2253 ELLIE’S MUTT HUT & VEGETARIAN CAFE Tofu, Vegetarian, Hamburgers, 732 S. State Street 707 468-5376 FORKS CAFE Home Style Breakfast/Lunch 3166 N. State 707-462-4530 OCO TIME Authentic Japanese Cuisine 111 W. Church Street 707 462-2422 THE HIMALAYAN CAFÉ Nepalese & Indian Cuisine 1639 S. State Street 707 467-9900 UKIAH BREWING CO. & RESTAURANT Certified Organic & Beer 102 S. State Street 707 468-5898 WILLITS ANNA’S ASIAN HOUSE Szechuan & Asian Cuisine 47 E. Mendocino Avenue 707 459-6086 THE PURPLE THISTLE California Cuisine 50 S. Main Street 707 459-4750 HOPLAND CRUSHED GRAPE GRILL Pizza, Seafood 13500 S. Highway 101 707 744-2020 MENDOCINO BREWING COMPANY TAVERN 13351 S. Highway 101 707 744-1361 To be listed in this Guide please contact: Mendocino, Fort Bragg Steven P. Worthen, 707 964-2480 707 813-7669 Inland Jill Schmuckley, 707 391-8057
