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Posts published by “Karen Rifkin”

A Palace Love Story

“My story of the Palace Hotel is a love story — the first love of my life.” Born in Ukiah, on her mother’s side, Wendy Mae Thomas (née McCallum) goes back four generations in Ukiah…

The Palace Bar & Grill

It was the summer of 1978 and I got word that Bob Larman, the new chef in town at the soon-to-be-opened Palace Bar & Grill, was looking for a kitchen manager. I was qualified. The…

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