Alexander Mountjoy - Blog & CV

We are pleased to announce the establishment of The Bohemian Sailing Team, a charitable organization whose purpose is to support the establishment of a competitive sailing team for youths of middle school and high school age in the Sebastopol area.

Members of The Bohemian Sailing Team will practice in Bodega Bay and will compete against other high school teams and in open competitions.  Read the Bohemian Sailing Team conceptual brief.

For more information, please contact Alex Mountjoy.

(707)874-2797

All-Natural Sausages
Occidental, CA
 
Panizzera sausages are made by Bob Panizzera according to his grandfather Constante’s recipe and some newer ones of Bob’s own invention. They are made with no fillers or preservatives, and in some recipes with ingredients that only he (being grandfathered) is allowed by the USDA to use, such as fresh garlic and wine.  Because Panizzera does everything himself—from cooking and packing to delivering—his distribution list is shorter than a pig’s tail.  Fresh Pannizzera sausages—an especial treat—are available only at the Bohemian Market in Occidental.

Cotati, CA
(707)285-2200
www.msmosquito.com

Mosquito Abatement Services

Rarely does the product of one’s tax dollars seem either wondrous or satisfying, much less both.  There was a time I would consider the asphalt beneath my wheels and think, Well, it is all worth it just to have a smooth ride.  Nowadays, however, driving the pothole-stricken roads of West Sonoma County, this thought seldom rises to my mind.  In its place, restoring my faith in the government’s occasional ability to aptly deliver valuable services is the Marin-Sonoma Vector Control Agency.  For free, an employee of the agency will check your property and treat your ponds and fountains for mosquito larvae, even stocking your standing water with mosquito fish. 

4100 Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa
(707)537-6888
www.asianfoodandgifts.com

Fine Asian Groceries & Gifts

Want to impress your family by whipping up Thai Coconut Soup for dinner like it was nothing? This is the Asian market for you. Recipes in the store are free for the taking. And the proprietors are eager to offer advice and even take you around and help you shop. Clean, open and eminently manageable, the pervasive message of this small grocery is that delicious Asian cooking is not hard, not expensive, and all the ingredients are right here. Also featuring a discerning selection of gifts. By Adam and Jay Jay Dodds. Fresh pork buns on Fridays.

Pottery married to woodwork

(707)874-2787 • www.occidentalpotteryandwood.com
Occidental, CA
 
In their collaborations, Barbara’s turned stoneware vessels are finished with exquisite, fairy-light wood lids by Gary.  Typical carvings are made of holly wood and modeled on the leaf of the persimmon, which has a lovely, upturned three-dimensional rippling quality, like the water wings of a ray. In other pieces Gary uses turquoise powder to create inlays, making the burl wood seem as if it had encased the rock turquoise whole.  In work that explicitly draws its power from the natural world, it should not surprise that not a few of their urns are purposed and even sometimes expressly commissioned as reliquaries.  Coffee mugs are also a popular item.