Alison Seevak

First Kiss

Posted by Alison Seevak | Jul 1, 2012 | Feature |

A glimpse of two people’s shot at love in middle age.

What You Don’t See

Posted by Alison Seevak | Jul 1, 2012 | Feature |

Some summer contests are about eating pie, or pitching baseballs, or diving all the way to the bottom of the lake. Ours is about writing—specifically, writing a true-life story with the phrase “what you don’t see” in mind. Each of our multiple winning scribes has a deft way with words, and a gift for insight or humor. As for what they say blindsided them—oh, you’d be surprised!

Ask the Expert: Estate Planning with Sara Diamond

by The Monthly Staff | Sep 22, 2021 | Faces of the East Bay, Family Care

The pandemic created the urgency for many East Bay families to set up an estate plan. Richmond Estate Planning Attorney, Sara Diamond answers questions about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.

Berkeley-based bio honors SF architect Bernard Maybeck’s daughter-in-law

by Pam Valois | Jul 29, 2021 | Architecture, Faces of the East Bay, History

Jacomena van Huizen Maybeck’s life began in 1901 on a Javanese sugar plantation and ended ninety-five years later in her house in the Berkeley hills. I met her in 1977, as my boyfriend and I followed the rumors of a unique cottage for rent. From the time of our first...