Margaux Ivanhoe

1 day ago | marinmagazine.com | Margaux Ivanhoe

Here’s a data point to ponder: Every day, Californians dispose of enough plastic to fill 290 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Packaging, including takeout containers for restaurant meals, occupies 50% of California landfills. Recognizing our problem with plastic pollution, state and local governments passed a bevy of regulations aimed at slimming down the garbage pile, including SB54 which bans the production of polystyrene (a.k.a. Styrofoam) containers for takeout.

1 day ago | marinmagazine.com | Margaux Ivanhoe

Near San Rafael Creek, two dads push their toddlers in swings, a bicyclist rides by and a woman walks her dog. For Marina Palma, it is a beautiful Saturday in the Canal community. And although it looks like everyone is on dry land, they are, in fact, in the bottom of a bowl, with their streets and homes sinking below the bay.

3 days ago | marinmagazine.com | Margaux Ivanhoe

At just 14 years old, Mia Slowe of Corte Madera has made her positive mark on the community by preparing more than 2,500 bag lunches over a period of more than four years for St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin’s daily meal program — a program designed for those facing food insecurity and homelessness.

1 month ago | marinmagazine.com | Margaux Ivanhoe |Lotus Abrams

Greg Dalton and Lucia Choi-Dalton have lived in urban locales around the world, but after a 2012 kayaking outing on Tomales Bay, the San Francisco residents knew they wanted to put down roots in rural West Marin. With its small-town community feeling and scenic setting surrounded by rolling hills, Nicasio proved to be the ideal choice.

1 month ago | spacesmag.com | Margaux Ivanhoe |Lotus Abrams

When a young family moved into their new home in Larkspur, they knew it would need an update. The 2,800-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home felt dark, heavy and characterless inside, and the kitchen was cramped and cut off from the family room. With young twins, however, the homeowners weren’t ready to embark on a big project just yet. Instead, they settled for making a few cosmetic updates, executed by interior designer Ansley Majit’s San Francisco-based firm, L+P Interiors.