The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. public-safety power shutoff at the end of October threw a wrench in daily operations at businesses across the greater Tiburon Peninsula, including Servino Ristorante. When the electric company cut power to Tiburon, Belvedere and Strawberry Oct. 26 — part of a deliberate shutoff affecting 37 California counties amid high fire danger — Servino’s had to close. By the time power was restored a couple of days later, the Main Street restaurant had lost well over $10,000 in business — and that number doesn’t include product loss, said managing partner Natale Servino. (Rachel Simpson photo / For The Ark)

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Musette Atelier is the newest business on Ark Row, opening in August at 72 Main St. The business gets its name from the Latin word “musea,” meaning multiple museums; the word “musette” means a small slice of a bigger offering. The shop is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team Jonathan and Shiloh McCloud, who plan to serve light cuisine and wine. In the main room, Musette sells cards, journals, gift items and art supplies, as well as art and inspirational books. Downstairs is a room for group gatherings or private events. (Diane Smith photo / For The Ark)

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The Lodge at Tiburon has been sold by MetWest Terra to the Rhode Island-based real-estate investment and hospitality services organization Procaccianti Companies, according to a press release from the company. The hotel operator will be Procaccianti’s hospitality management affiliate, TPG Hotels & Resorts, a national operator and developer of more than 60 hotels. TPG’s management portfolio includes some of the country’s biggest hotel chains, including InterContinental, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Starwood and Wyndham.

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There’s a new skin care and massage shop in downtown Tiburon: Margarita Cosmetics, owned and operated by skin-care and makeup expert and developer Margarita Copeland. Growing up in the resort city of Pyatigorsk in Russia’s North Caucasus region — about halfway between the Black and Caspian seas about 60 miles north of the Georgia border — Copeland says she always wanted to be an esthetician. (Diane Smith photo / For The Ark)

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Trinity House Paintings founder Steven Beale opened his first art gallery in 2006 on his home turf in the Cotswolds, England. Since then, Trinity House Paintings has become an international art dealership. A second gallery opened in 2009 in Mayfair, London, and a third in 2011 in New York City. Its fourth gallery opened on Ark Row in downtown Tiburon last month under the supervision of gallery manager and Tiburon resident Karen Beale, who is the founder’s cousin. (Diane Smith photo / For The Ark)

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