I was a hair stylist for years doing really well, but then my back began hurting me. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune spinal thing. I quit doing hair with no idea how I was going to make money. All I knew was that standing all day was killing me. I always wanted a restaurant, but when I saw a restaurant rescue show where people were losing millions, I said, “That’s not happening.” One day we were in Napa and saw this guy making breakfast pizzas at a farmer’s market. Osca

Leilani swam into my life 33 years ago, 1991. I was 33 and on my honeymoon. My husband, Randy, and I were snorkeling in Maui when we met Leilani and her husband, Andrew. We just hit it off and got to talking for over two hours. When we parted, we exchanged home addresses.

“My journalism career was significant. It wasn’t the LA or NY Times, but The Chronicle was the 9th largest newspaper in the country. The stories covered during my time spoke to the environment of the 70s in Northern California. Vietnam protests. Black Panthers. Weather Underground. SDS. New World Liberation Front. Symbionese Liberation Army. The mass murderers: Zodiac and Zebra serial killings. Patty Hearst kidnap, Golden Dragon restaurant massacre, Marin County Courthouse sh