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Matt McCone · Matt McCone

Remember the Mayfair Market across from Montecito. If the Food Mart didn't have what we needed, it was off to Mayfair. Later, it became Alfa Beta I think. Now it's Whole Foods.

Matt McCone · Matt McCone

Anyone remember the Variety Fair at Montecito? I loved to go in there with my mom when she needed something. I could always find a pretty cool toy for easily under a buck. We also used to get all our party favors there at birthday time.

R54 · R54

Anyone remember Prince Charlie`s in Tiburon across from the train yard?

marinjase · marinjase

If there's something you'd love to see again from your Marin past, this is the place to make a request to the world!

Anonymous

I never went in, but I always loved the name as a kid. Anybody remember what the sign looked like? Was it a piece of foam smiling, or something?

Anonymous

I remember as a child being fascinated with the story, in the 1970's, of that large grass fire back in Baywood Canyon near White's Hill. The fire was so serious that someone let the horses out of their stalls and they took off running, finally ending up in downtown Fairfax.

alikin · alikin

This was the word my high school girlfriends and I used to describe one of our favorite activities: Going to Fry's and sneaking out of their bins gummy worms, malt balls, chocolate covered almonds, yogurt covered pretzels, and/or whatever else we could manage to stomach at one time.

Anonymous

Wasn't it owned by Ross McGowan on KTVU?

Anonymous

A couple of my high school girlfriends worked at this fro yo joint in Larkspur Landing- around 1989-1990. I wasn't officially 'employed,' but would often stand behind the counter to dish out yogurt to the customers or- better yet- to myself! I remember one afternoon we had just finished auditio...

suzanne · suzanne

SO SCAREY! I remember being in grammar school at Lagunitas and having air raid drills. When the alarm sounded we had to crawl under our desks. We had to hunker down in the fetal postion with a forearm on the floor to rest our forehead and the other arm behind our neck. We had to stay there, waiting for "...

fangeli · fangeli

Zips 19 cent hamburgers in San Anselmo. Such a deal! -- Edited by fangeli at 00:49, 2006-08-15

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Mayfair Market (Preview) Remember the Mayfair Market across from Montecito. If the Food Mart didn't have what we needed, it was off to Mayfair. Later, it became Alfa Beta I think. Now it's Whole Foods.	Matt McCone	1	899	Jan 7, 2007 by SanRafaelkid
	The Variety Fair (Preview) Anyone remember the Variety Fair at Montecito? I loved to go in there with my mom when she needed something. I could always find a pretty cool toy for easily under a buck. We also used to get all our party favors there at birthday time.	Matt McCone	4	910	Jan 6, 2007 by SanRafaelkid
	Prince Charlie`s (Preview) Anyone remember Prince Charlie`s in Tiburon across from the train yard?	R54	0	822	Jan 6, 2007 by R54
	PHOTO REQUESTS (Preview) If there's something you'd love to see again from your Marin past, this is the place to make a request to the world!	marinjase	6	1223	Jan 5, 2007 by Anonymous
	The Friendly Foam Shop... (Preview) I never went in, but I always loved the name as a kid. Anybody remember what the sign looked like? Was it a piece of foam smiling, or something?	Anonymous	0	916	Jan 4, 2007 by Anonymous
	Remember the fire at Baywood Canyon in Fairfax? (Preview) I remember as a child being fascinated with the story, in the 1970's, of that large grass fire back in Baywood Canyon near White's Hill. The fire was so serious that someone let the horses out of their stalls and they took off running, finally ending up in downtown Fairfax.	Anonymous	0	952	Jan 4, 2007 by Anonymous
	Binning... (Preview) This was the word my high school girlfriends and I used to describe one of our favorite activities: Going to Fry's and sneaking out of their bins gummy worms, malt balls, chocolate covered almonds, yogurt covered pretzels, and/or whatever else we could manage to stomach at one time.	alikin	0	987	Jan 4, 2007 by alikin
	Yogart Store in Fairfax (Preview) Wasn't it owned by Ross McGowan on KTVU?	Anonymous	2	874	Jan 2, 2007 by Anonymous
	Local Yogurt (Preview) A couple of my high school girlfriends worked at this fro yo joint in Larkspur Landing- around 1989-1990. I wasn't officially 'employed,' but would often stand behind the counter to dish out yogurt to the customers or- better yet- to myself! I remember one afternoon we had just finished auditio...	Anonymous	3	993	Jan 1, 2007 by Anonymous
	Air Raid Drills (Preview) SO SCAREY! I remember being in grammar school at Lagunitas and having air raid drills. When the alarm sounded we had to crawl under our desks. We had to hunker down in the fetal postion with a forearm on the floor to rest our forehead and the other arm behind our neck. We had to stay there, waiting for "...	suzanne	0	943	Aug 15, 2006 by suzanne
	19 cent hamburgers (Preview) Zips 19 cent hamburgers in San Anselmo. Such a deal! -- Edited by fangeli at 00:49, 2006-08-15	fangeli	1	1032	Aug 14, 2006 by Anonymous
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