Colleen Bidwill

Novato, San Francisco

Lifestyles Editor at Marin Independent Journal

lifestyles editor @marinij. @syracuseu alum. Past: @werwradio, @usatodaycollege, @dailyorange, @marinscopenews, @Pacific_Sun, @thrivewire

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Articles

Marin musicians take the stage at Battle of the Dad Bands

16 hours ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

Growing up in San Anselmo, longtime friends Charles Yoakum and Todd Miro spent their days listening to music and dreaming of performing live with their band. Then life happened and they started their careers and had families. That dream was put on the back burner. But, after watching his son, Logan, play the tenor saxophone at HopMonk Tavern with this band, Miro had a realization. "I was a proud papa, but also, I'm like, I need to get myself up there.
Marin musicians take the stage at Battle of the Dad Bands

1 day ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Growing up in San Anselmo, longtime friends Charles Yoakum and Todd Miro spent their days listening to music and dreaming of performing live with their band. Then life happened and they started their careers and had families. That dream was put on the back burner. But, after watching his son, Logan, play the tenor saxophone at HopMonk Tavern with this band, Miro had a realization. “I was a proud papa, but also, I’m like, I need to get myself up there.
At 88 years old, Mill Valley author publishes 14th book -- her memoir

1 day ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

At 88 years old, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen is finally sharing her story. For decades, the Mill Valley psychiatrist lent an ear to her patients, allowing them to open up and share their stories and struggles with her. But her work didn't lend many opportunities to get personal. "I wanted to share the whole part of myself," said Bolen, a Jungian analyst and activist, especially toward women's issues.
At 88 years old, Mill Valley author publishes 14th book - her memoir

2 days ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

At 88 years old, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen is finally sharing her story. For decades, the Mill Valley psychiatrist lent an ear to her patients, allowing them to open up and share their stories and struggles with her. But her work didn’t lend many opportunities to get personal. “I wanted to share the whole part of myself,” said Bolen, a Jungian analyst and activist, especially toward women’s issues.
Mill Valley food hall offers celebrity chef’s burgers

3 days ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Ever heard of an “Oklahoma Onion Burger”? As legend has it, this greasy delight was created in the 1920s in Reno, Oklahoma, by an enterprising restaurateur who wanted to cheaply feed striking railroad workers. His solution was to pad ground beef with onions, then sizzle it all on a grill to make a less expensive but tummy-satisfying fried-onion burger.
East Bay crow won’t heed the message to go away

5 days ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

DEAR JOAN: I have had success with a fake dead crow in the past, not so with this single bird. I don’t know if it’s a he or her, but there does not appear to be any others flying around with it. I first saw it trying to bite off the ceramic bird on the side of my bird watering plate. I put out the dead crow, but there was no difference. It sat right next to the fake crow at the dish, still trying to bite off the ceramic bird.
Free concerts in San Francisco, Los Gatos, Concord, Redwood City, more

1 week ago | marinij.com | Jim Harrington |Colleen Bidwill

Everybody seems to be watching what they spend these days. And it definitely makes sense, given what it costs to take your family out to an amusement park or even just the movies these days. Of course, concerts can be one of the priciest ways to get your entertainment fix, with some performers charging absolutely astronomical figures for tickets. Yet, there are plenty of ways to enjoy great live music without dropping a dime on tickets.
Bay Area native wins Pulitzer Prize for moving memoir

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Colleen Bidwill

Tessa Hulls still doesn’t fully understand why her family chose to move to a tiny town in West Marin. Of all the places, how would two immigrants born in cosmopolitan cities — her father in London and her mother in Shanghai — end up in a place with more cows than people?
West Marin native wins Pulitzer Prize for moving memoir

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Tessa Hulls still doesn’t fully understand why her family chose to move to a tiny town in West Marin. Of all the places, how would two immigrants born in cosmopolitan cities — her father in London and her mother in Shanghai — end up in a place with more cows than people?
Marin residents share fond food memories

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

There’s a box of old VHS tapes in my dad’s house that my brother and I want to digitize, keeping alive the memories of our childhood captured by our parents. Some of the ones my brother has done already show us singing to our grandfather across the country in Maine, getting haircuts and running around our local Greenbrae park, where a stranger kindly let us pet their dog. There’s so much I wish I could say to that little bowl-cut version of me.