PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK I make an annual excursion trip to Lazy Bear Week (not the restaurant), an event that takes over the town of Guerneville each summer. The event hosts thousands of bear friends (burly, hairy, thicker men) and their admirers. They come from all over the

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK I have been noticing the growing trend toward tasting menus some restaurants are taking. At Marlena, my companions and I indulged in an exceptionally lavish encounter with the restaurant’s current prix fixe menu. My friends were from out-of-town but had once lived here a