SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN:
A GUIDE TO THE FLORA AND FAUNA
BOOK RELEASE PARTY!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2022 • 4:00PM - 8:00PM
MISSION BLUE CENTER
475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane, CA 94005
Join us in celebrating the release of San Bruno Mountain: A Guide to the Flora and Fauna!
A $75 ticket to the event includes a signed copy of the book (retail price of $55).
If you'd like to attend the event without receiving a signed copy of the book, a $40 ticket price is available.
Food is included in both ticket levels (see the menu at bottom of the page).
Authors Doug Allshouse and David Nelson will deliver presentations detailing the exciting, nine-year journey to produce this beautiful book. Hear riveting stories about rare plant discoveries on the mountain, the photographic process that produced 2,000 color images for the book, and more!
Pick up your special copy at the event and be among the first to dive into the pages of this superb resource for learning about San Bruno Mountain.
Enjoy delicious, catered hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and desserts throughout the evening and browse a variety of exhibits, displays of mountain art, photographs, and poems.
From the publisher, Heyday Press: “San Bruno Mountain, located in the center of the San Francisco Bay Area, is a four-square-mile global treasure—a natural preserve touted by biologist E. O. Wilson as one of the world’s rare biodiversity hot spots. Bathed in fog and wind and preserved from destruction by the fierce work of local conservationists, this mountain offers visitors a glimpse of what San Francisco looked like before colonization. Drawing on years of visits, observations, and research to offer a comprehensive flora of San Bruno Mountain and its endangered species, conservationists Doug Allshouse and David L. Nelson help us understand this unique and precious place from the point of view of the plants in this one-of-a-kind field guide. Detailing a total of 528 plant species (among them 316 natives), the authors also delve into the history of this living, changing habitat at the southern edge of San Francisco. The birds, butterflies, reptiles, geology, climate, dynamic changes, and political history of the preserve also feature in San Bruno Mountain. Even locals who have enjoyed hiking and viewing the mountain for years will be astonished at this book’s revelations about the diversity and importance of this wild place.”
Buy your tickets in advance here or on the Eventbrite ticketing page. Limited to 175 people, buy your ticket soon!
Or, send a check for $75 (or $40) per ticket to San Bruno Mountain Watch at PO Box 53, Brisbane, CA 94005. Please write the check to the order of “San Bruno Mountain Watch” and include “Book Release Party” in the memo.
We are requesting masks (for use when not eating and drinking) and proof of vaccination. Thank you!
The $75 ticket price includes a copy of the book! Due to the generosity of author Doug Allshouse, book sales will benefit San Bruno Mountain Watch. Thank you, Doug and David!
Menu
Cucumber musubi with creamy miso, shiitake, pickled daikon, ginger, sesame and wakame seaweed salad (GF, Vegan)
Mini potato, lentil and caramelized onion croquettes with cumin, ancho chili and a yellow curry aioli (Vegan)
Roasted Japanese eggplant with caramelized miso - honey glaze, pickled ginger and shiso leaf (GF, Vegan)
Spears of endive with a salad of lentils, sundried tomatoes, carrots, scallions and lemon with a cashew chermoula aioli (GF, Vegan)
Deviled eggs with smoked salmon, creme fraiche and salsa verde (GF)
Chilled shrimp marinated with garlic, lemon, fresh mint and extra-virgin olive oil (GF)
Grilled chicken brochettes marinated with roasted garlic, sake and lime (GF)
Roasted turkey and crisp bacon with sweet potato puree on focaccia bread with cranberry sauce and dijonaise
Beer, Wine, Specialty Cocktails
Desserts
And More!