Diane Smith
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Diane Smith has contributed to The Ark since 1980, writing and photographing everything from personalities to events.
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Latest from Diane
Passion for skin care drives owner of Margarita Cosmetics in Tiburon
There’s a new skin care and massage shop in downtown Tiburon: Margarita Cosmetics, owned and operated by skin-care and makeup expert and...
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Fine-art dealership Trinity House now open on Ark Row
Trinity House Paintings founder Steven Beale opened his first art gallery in 2006 on his home turf in the Cotswolds, England. Since then,...
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Tiburon library exhibit features works from Del Mar School art students
Del Mar Middle School eighth-graders once again have their artwork on display in a student-art showcase at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library....
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Plant-based pesticide PureCrop1 opens downtown Tiburon office
Joyce Griffin says she’s a believer in nontoxic plant-based pesticide. PureCrop1. The Belvedere resident used the spray on her struggling...
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Tiburon painter finds inspiration from local, global travels
Oil paintings from Tiburon resident Jeanne Dana depicting parts of Marin and Wine Country as well as scenes from her worldwide travels...
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Five Tiburon Peninsula artists to participate in Marin studio tours
Five Tiburon Peninsula residents are among the 275 artists who will show their work at the 26th annual Marin Open Studios, a free...
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Orangetheory Fitness in Strawberry touts endurance and strength as keys to health
Orangetheory Fitness, the new gym at the Strawberry Village Shopping Center annex, gets its name from one of the company’s five...
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Tiburon resident brings passion for knitting to new Main Street shop
Julie Stanton first learned to knit as a young girl, but she rediscovered the craft years ago as a way to help ease the stress of...
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Local experts to take stage for Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s next pop-up speaker event
Inspired by Pop-Up Magazine, a “live magazine” event of about a dozen short stories performed live over the course of about 100 minutes,...
By DIANE SMITH ·Tiburon woman, great-grandson join forces for art exhibit
Two generations of one Tiburon family have their work on display in “Birds Together — Birds in Two Perspectives,” an exhibit running...
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Del Mar artists display work in two-part Town Hall exhibit
Del Mar Middle School students have created a series of self-portraits and mixed-media works inspired by the world’s cities for a...
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Tiburon Holiday Festival, Landmarks’ craft fair return on Dec. 1
Tiburon’s holiday festival and the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society’s Holiday Art & Craft Sale are both set to return to downtown...
By DIANE SMITH ·Atomic Tuna yacht broker opens for business on Tiburon's Ark Row
About five years ago, Wayne Goldman was deep-sea fishing on a boat being delivered from South Africa to Florida when he hooked a fish so...
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Tiburon resident among nine locals to show work at ICB open studios
John Kunzweiler of Tiburon, president of the 10-member ICB Artists Association board of directors, is one of nine Tiburon Peninsula...
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Seven prizes awarded in 17th annual Tiburon Peninsula photo contest
Photos that captured a hummingbird in flight, a sunset over Belvedere Lagoon and a foggy waterfront landscape were among those that...
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The Originals artist group to display varied works at Town Hall
The Originals — a local group of artists that includes Tiburon and Belvedere residents — now have an art exhibit by the same name on view...
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Tiburon couple focuses on imported wine, fitness
For Bavarian and French immigrants Edward and Hélène Holl, living in Tiburon and owning their own locally based businesses are the latest...
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Lola’s Taqueria brings fresh-cooked Mexican food to Ark Row
Cooking is Maria Dolores Perdomo’s passion, and she perfected her culinary skills while she and her husband brought up their five...
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Parranga Mexican restaurant in Strawberry focuses on fresh ingredients and original recipes
Jose Miguel Smith is passionate about cooking, and he’s in his element as the chef at Parranga, the new Mexican restaurant located in the...
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Photographer finds niche capturing boats in water
Craig McAllister regularly gets up about 4 a.m. — way before the sun rises — to be ready for a planned photography shoot. He specializes...
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