About San Rafael's Downtown

The San Francisco Bay area eagerly awaits celebrating the 31st annual Mill Valley Film Festival October 2-12, 2008, featuring the best in independent and world cinema.

Filmmakers and film lovers alike will immerse themselves in a festival surrounded by the beauty of Marin County, California. The festival schedule is filled with documentary and independent films, shorts, as well as international features and childrens' films. Trubute events will highlight the works of Alfre Woodard, Harriet Andersson, Paul Schrader and Eric Roth.

Festival-goers will also enjoy an abundance of social activities, from the Opening Night Gala, to live music and a cafe located at Mill Valley's historic Outdoor Art Club. Later in the week, an Ingmar Bergman multimedia exhibit will be held at the restored Art-Deco style Smith Rafael Film Center.

For further information on the Film Festival, please visit http://mvff.com, or the California Film Institute, at http://cafilm.org.

Leslie Olson Interiors is providing Staging and Interior Design services for the upcoming Mill Valley Film Festival.

Design projects include providing furniture and accessories for the Hospitality Suites at the San Rafael Film Center and Mill Valley's Outdoor Art Club. In addition, our Marin County design firm is providing the interior designs for the Film Festival Opening Night Gala.

For Before and After photos of the Mill Valley Film Festival Hospitality Suites, please visit:

Mill Valley Film Festival - Outdoor Art Club - Before and After Photos

Mill Valley Film Festival - Smith Rafael Film Center - Before and After Photos

Leslie Olson, ASID, RESA

Leslie Olson Interiors Marin County, CA www.leslieolsoninteriors.com 415.233.2633 leslie@leslieolsoninteriors.com

Each summer in beautiful downtown San Rafael, we are treated to an exhilarating day of criterium bicycle racing. The Carrera de San Rafael twilight criterium 08.09.08 is almost upon us. This is a wonderful family-friendly event for bike racing enthusiasts and people watchers alike. The racing begins in the early afternoon (start time scheduled for 2:45pm) and culminates with the pro racing around 7:00pm and 8:00pm (for women and men categories respectively).

In addition to the racing, there will be an expo which is always fun to visit - get there early to pick up the free cow-bells which are generally handed out by local vendors to help spur the racers on.

While you are visiting the expo, take a moment to stop by Tam Realty located at 1007 A Street in beautiful downtown San Rafael. We are located between the expo and the mission on A Street.

If you would like more information regarding the Marin real estate market, please feel free to contact me or any of our agents at Tam Realty!

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Mitch Todd/Realtor
founder, GreenerMarin
owner, Tam Realty
415-259-7082
415-962-4062 (FAX)