Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008 - (Page 72)

coastaltraveler Fairfax: Gateway to West Marin By Meghan Gilliss Welcome to Fairfax, home to all things sustainable, tye-dyed, and psychedelic. Jerry Garcia used to live up the road, and the memory of his presence still fuels the music scene. Between the town’s four venues (The BookBeat Café; Peri’s Silver Dollar; 19 Broadway Nite Club; Café Amsterdam), there’s live music every night, drawing the locals into town from their hill-tucked homes. All within 200 yards, you can have your hair cut by the man who trimmed and colored Janis Joplins’s wild mane at A Touch of Class, have your tarot cards read at the Circle Center, and buy an organic treat for your dog at For Paws. Fairfax is also the birthplace of mountain biking. At Fairfax Cyclery you can get a mountain bike built to suit your skill level, and take it out to Repack Road where the sport of mountain biking was born. You might even pedal by Gary Fisher, Christopher Lang, Joe Breeze or Chris Kelley – pioneers of the sport who still live in the area. Spend the rest of the day dipping in and out of shops: try FatKat’s Surf Shop or Revolution 9 or the multicultural and eclectic Culture Shock, with everything from skirts to finger puppets from around the world. Or simply sink into a purple velvet seat in front one of the four screens at Fairfax Theatre. After the movie, dash up the street for some ice cream at the Fairfax Scoop. For a more literary thrill, hole up in the BookBeat Café on Bolinas Road. In good weather, a hike or a bike ride is a must. Mt. Tamarancho, has one of the only legal single-track trails. Start at Deer Park (from downtown, take Bolinas Road and take a left on Porteous, which will land you at the park). Wind your way around the children’s center, and take the trail that starts to the left of the garden. Begin the steady ascent and you’ll arise from the lush landscape of small waterfalls and flagella-like mushrooms onto the mountain’s grassy peak with views of the San Francisco Bay and the city beyond. Where to Stay Fairfax Inn Bed and Breakfast 15 Broadway • 415.455.8702 • www.fairfaxinn.com Where to Eat Sorella Cafe 107 Bolinas Rd • 415 258.4520 Fairfax Scoop 63 Broadway • 415.453.3130 Casa Mañana 85 Bolinas Rd • 415 454.2384 Cafe Lotus 1912 Sir Francis Drake 415 457 7836 Where to Shop For Paws 69 Bolinas Road • 415.456-4685 Revolution 9 • 14 Bolinas Road • 415.459.7999 Culture Shock 7 Bolinas Road • 415.451.1825 Fairfax Cyclery 1822 Sir Francis Drake • 415.721.7644 Container gardens and a selection of jewelry and gifts by local artists. 55A Bolinas Rd. 415.455.9459. www.potting-shed.com Potting Shed 72 coastaltraveler winter http://www.fairfaxinn.com http://www.potting-shed.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008

Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008 Contents Coastal Hotel Coastal Adventure Coastal Gambler Coastal Rider Coastal Skier Coastal Art Santa Barbara Pismop & Avila San Luis Obispo Big Sur Carmel Monterey Santa Cruz San Francisco Sausalito Mill Valley Stinson Beach Bolinas Olema Point Reyes Station San Geronimo Fairfax Iverness Marshall, Tomales Sebastopol Petaluma Sonoma Coast Redwood Coast Napa Map

Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.