tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post114135076277498202..comments2023-10-12T07:26:45.479-07:00Comments on I'm Mad and I Eat: Why I Live In Marincookiecrumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141428963429876292006-03-03T15:36:00.000-08:002006-03-03T15:36:00.000-08:00I'm the best thing that's happened to Richmond sin...I'm the best thing that's happened to Richmond since Rosie the Riveter. <BR/>I don't know anyone, nor have I seen anyone. Hell, I live only a few miles from where I went to high school and haven't seen anyone I graduated with in probably 15 years or more.<BR/>I was punched in the face by a guy whose girlfriend I was flirting with in 8th grade. He had mutton chops and stood about 6 foot 9. Man, he hit hard. Knocked me out for a few moments. She moved to Truckee and that was that.<BR/><BR/>BigglesGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226752086965927353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141413038754803232006-03-03T11:10:00.000-08:002006-03-03T11:10:00.000-08:00Oooo. Perry Mason. I still can't get enough of t...Oooo. Perry Mason. I still can't get enough of that show.Dagnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454543828633484309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141409568148103672006-03-03T10:12:00.000-08:002006-03-03T10:12:00.000-08:00Ah, economics. So similar up here to Marin, I thi...Ah, economics. So similar up here to Marin, I think. Average wage for the county is hideous low (somewhere around 19-20k a year), and the median house price? 300k. Yep, we're filling up with celebrities (though I never seem to <I>see</I> any of them!) and retired Macrosquish execs.<BR/><BR/>Cookie: the director is Andrew McLaglen, son of oldtime actor Victor McLagen, and director of <I>McLintock</I>, <I>Shenandoah</I> and a boatload of Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Rawhide, etc episodes.<BR/><BR/>Oh, Richard Donner (<I>Lethal Weapon, Free Willy </I>) lives up here too, but he's over on Orcas, so we don't get Donner sightings here; just the occasional Donner film preview as fundraising event for a local charity.MizDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143579988879218142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141407430244367012006-03-03T09:37:00.000-08:002006-03-03T09:37:00.000-08:00johng: At the time Sam Shepard was writing in a co...johng: <BR/><BR/>At the time Sam Shepard was writing in a corner, he was living in a tiny house in a very modest nabe. My daughter's friend baby-sat for him and his wife, Olan (then an actress, now a playwright). I doubt whether they would be living in Mill Valley were they the same age, now -- for, as you say, these are different economic times in Marin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141404457099960562006-03-03T08:47:00.000-08:002006-03-03T08:47:00.000-08:00My wife grew up in Marin in a beautifull hillside ...My wife grew up in Marin in a beautifull hillside house above Mill Valley. Dad was a teacher at the JC. Mom stayed home, then opened a small dress shop. Sam Shepherd hit on her once when she was still in high school.<BR/><BR/>But that was then. What does a teacher's pay buy in Marin these days? A 1BR condo next to the freeway in Novato?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141403920031822492006-03-03T08:38:00.000-08:002006-03-03T08:38:00.000-08:00Hey, wait! You can't count Village Music, because ...Hey, wait! You can't count Village Music, because it's a world of its own. I mean, John's wonderland draws so many celebs per year a paparazzo could make a living just hanging out there.<BR/><BR/>But it is fun,no, to see everybody being so cool about appearances in Marin that stars of all kinds feel comfortable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141402509047306312006-03-03T08:15:00.000-08:002006-03-03T08:15:00.000-08:00The Grateful Dead? Blech! Enough to chase me out o...The Grateful Dead? Blech! Enough to chase me out of Marin...<BR/><BR/>But growing up there, during high school, I had some friends who went Christmas caroling and Robert Redford came to the door in his bathrobe! (his parents used to live in Belvedere) Now THAT'S a reason to live in Marin!Amy Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899745451564919389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141369070880472852006-03-02T22:57:00.000-08:002006-03-02T22:57:00.000-08:00You can do me some better, but you can't outdo me,...You can do me some better, but you can't outdo me, Kudzu. Huey Lewis at <A HREF="http://www.villagemusic.com/" REL="nofollow">Village Music</A>. Mick Jagger at Village Music! Maria Muldaur at my mail drop. Bonnie Raitt at the bus stop. (With a kitty in her backpack!)<BR/>But darling Phil Lesh was in dumb ol' San Rafael today. What a dear.<BR/>Mrs D: Who is the director? I won't even know, will I.<BR/>Ms. Rat: I would probably be very impressed! xxcookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141362809801174232006-03-02T21:13:00.000-08:002006-03-02T21:13:00.000-08:00Sounds like my aunt in Carpinteria, who has taught...Sounds like my aunt in Carpinteria, who has taught so many stars' kids in her 20 years of schoolteaching that I don't even bother to keep track anymore. Hee. I think it still gives her a thrill after all these years. :)Laughingrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131160040248786774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141360777920867702006-03-02T20:39:00.000-08:002006-03-02T20:39:00.000-08:00Oh jeez guys, I'm still waiting for Steve Miller t...Oh jeez guys, I'm <I>still</I> waiting for Steve Miller to come into the store to buy a bag of bonito flakes, and that's about the best I can do!<BR/><BR/>Oh wait. Can we go back a bit to old-time movie celebs? (Pretty please?) Cuz, we've got a classic John Wayne film director here who eats at our local digs all the time (and I served him drinks & dinner lots back when I was a restaurant hostess). Nice man, too. Directs tons of community theater here, now that he's all retired from Hollywood.<BR/><BR/>I still think I wanna live in Seattle, though. Hell, maybe I can get a job at a convenience store and sell Apollo Anton Ohno a Red Bull or something. :-)MizDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143579988879218142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-1141359319664063442006-03-02T20:15:00.000-08:002006-03-02T20:15:00.000-08:00I can go you some better, as in sitting in a Mill ...I can go you some better, as in sitting in a Mill Valley hangout with (heart be still) Sam Shepard writing in a corner, under his cowboy hat -- or Peter Coyote just walkin' up the street -- or (a month or so ago) rounding a corner and bumping into Bonnie Raitt. Yeah, it's a reason to live here, and all the better if we know we are shopping in and paying attention to the same environment.<BR/><BR/>And I feel they all did/do.<BR/><BR/>Ain't it great when we see so many "stars" in today's show/music biz firmament hitting bottom way too often?<BR/><BR/>Hey, this is all very self-congratulatory, but that's why we live in Marin, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com