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After you drive across the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and head up the steep Waldo Grade, you drive through the rainbow arches above the Robin Williams Tunnel.
These rainbows were not the result of a grand civic plan. They do not have anything to do with Robin Williams’ suspenders in Mork and Mindy. And these rainbows even predate the rainbow flag’s debut at the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
Instead, they were born from a 1970 act of bureaucratic defiance.
The head of the local Caltrans district, Alan S. Hart, was nearing retirement. Public affairs officer Robert Halligan had a knack for showmanship and creative flair, including landing airplanes on newly finished freeways. Halligan was a daily commuter from Marinwood to San Francisco and thought the rainbows would be a nice way to welcome commuters back to Marin.
Together, these men went rogue. Hart approved the project without asking his superiors in Sacramento.
The reaction from the state capital was one of immediate and intense displeasure. High-level highway officials, accustomed to a world of standardized grey concrete, were reportedly "angry" and "vehemently opposed" to the whimsical addition. They immediately discussed painting over the rainbows.
However, Marin commuters loved it. When word of the potential removal spread, a massive swell of public support emerged to protect the murals.
And now Caltrans maintains the rainbow paint job. In 2009 they even brought in a Novato color consultant, Belinda Hallmark, who offered her services for free to perfect the paint color shades.
By Dean Wilcox
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$1.6M Potential Cafe with Two Bedrooms in Bolinas
Do you dream of retiring to a charming coastal community and opening a small cafe in the mornings and wine bar in the evenings? Or a tiny bed-and-breakfast writer’s retreat?
The downstairs has a small commercial kitchen with nice finishes. Upstairs are two bedrooms each with a full bathroom.
The possibilities are endless here. It is right on the main stretch in Bolinas, just a few buildings down from Smiley’s:
Of course, I have no idea regarding the zoning regulations, do your own research if you are so inclined. But do it fast: this was just posted to Zillow yesterday and already has 68 saves!
It looks like it was a bed-and-breakfast and wine bar though, there was an announcement back in 2015.
Check it out:
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This Saturday 2/28, our day party is back. The last one sold out with 200 people, so don’t wait until the last minute to grab your ticket here. It’s on a deck (and indoor as well) in Sausalito, just above the Trident and will be a blast.
Our next Dinner Club is just over a week away, Wednesday 3/4, and starting to fill up. You fill out a personality quiz and get assigned a restaurant to meet 5 strangers who might be new friends. Then after dinner, all the tables go to an optional afterparty. This time we are running three smaller locations all on the same night, each with their own afterparty: Fairfax, Novato, and Tiburon. Sign up here.
And also, on Thursday 2/26 we are organizing a few guys to meet at the California Gold Malt First beer event with Lone Mountain BBQ. If you want to join, I’ll follow up with a few details, just reply to this email.
Thanks for reading. We will be back with the regular events and activities email Wednesday morning!
