| The Bank
Building continues the saga
of the now familiar Sam's. It served not only as the daily
depository for the "prohibited" deliveries of bottles and
jugs, but Sam himself owned it! How convenient.
Rounding
the corner, we enter Ark
Row, a hip uphill street with
specialty boutiques and cafes.
Curious about the name, we discover
that in the 1890’s, Tiburon was a lively
recreational houseboat community for sea
captains, bohemian artists and summer
residents of San Francisco.
Some of the shops are refurbished
arks or houseboats.
This
quiet, stylish, little town is layers of character.
Our mental pace quickens as we learn of rowdy railroad workers,
prohibition and saloons, dairy farmers,
houseboat parties and small boats mming
over the waters.
But most of the stories are over a
hundred years old.
Tiburon today shows no signs of boisterous
residents. Those who live here today
exude dignity and culture. There
are 7100 people — the
majority between the ages of 35 and 64 —
who live in Tiburon, and the average price of a
home is over half a million dollars!
Angel Island
Ferry
We
hear the whistle for the ferry, which comes
every hour until
4:00 p.m., so we hustle over to get
in line.
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