April
24
You might be in Marin if
In 1993 I won a design competition to spend a summer in Sausalito, California. It was a magical summer and I fell in love with the beauty and wonderful climate of the larger Marin County area. So I decided to tack on an extra day to a business trip to Northern California to work on our next book in one of my favorite places. In my time here I see and hear things that remind me that I’m definitely not in Chicago.
You might be in Marin if:
- you hear someone say “I’ve got someone coming to float tonight.”
- you see a sign for Vanilla Milk pedicures
- there’s preserved lemon on your pizza
- someone tells you there’s no chlorine or fluoride in the water
- you park your car under a Great Redwood
- you notice crystals everywhere
- someone says “I brought you some seaweed snacks”
- there’s a sign on the toilet that reads “don’t put anything in here you haven’t already digested”
- life looks perfect (even though I’m sure it isn’t)
yes. it's my real name. 
You nailed it! I moved to Marin two years ago and noticed some of those same things. My husband’s son, who knows several people from here, says sarcastically that “everything’s better in Marin” because that’s how people act. The only other place in California like it is Ojai, though with a little more humility.
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