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Sonoma County harvest Fair

Sonoma County Harvest Fair

It’s time (Sept 30-Oct 2) for the 2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Right on schedule the vineyards around the county are laden with ripening fruit that give testament to the bounty that Luther Burbank loved about Sonoma County. You can’t see the densely grouped clusters without appreciating the gift that nature bestows on us. The [...]

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Sonoma County Fair

Sonoma County Fair – Brilliant!!

As soon as we were clicked through the entrance and escaped the  bombardment of the knives, fudge, and dill pickles in the Pavilion, we were treated to the sound of the  most glorious tenor singing his heart out.  I’m a sucker for a good tenor.  He was part of a group called The Don Giovannis.  We [...]

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Open Studios - Art at the Source

Art at the Source

One of our favorite Sonoma County drives is the two weekend art tour known as Open Studios from Art at the Source. This year the art weekends are June 4 & 5 and June 11 & 12. We’re always amazed at the high quality of art generated in Sonoma County and this is a chance [...]

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Whole Foods Santa Rosa

Whole Foods Adventure

It probably wasn’t the best timing on our part to visit the new Santa Rosa Whole Foods Market in Coddingtown…  It was late afternoon and we hadn’t eaten lunch yet, so that made everything in the store look twice as delicious. You’ll see by our shopping list that we ended up buying way too many [...]

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Sonoma County Fair Horse Racing

Sonoma County Fair

Home from the fair and everything seems dim by contrast.  It was a spectacular day – mid 80′s- sunny and breezy.  We set out to have a fun day and we did! I love horse racing!   Horses are such gorgeous animals – strong, sleek, and fast.  The crowd anticipates each race, bettors studying the [...]

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Sonoma Coast Beach

A Tour of the “Island of Sonoma”… West County Day Trip

April is usually the time I like to go to Hawaii, but why bother when we live on the beautiful island of Sonoma County? Any time is a good time for a “Circle the Island” trip! Beginning in Guerneville, we head out to the coast, past cows and sheep, redwood trees, and views of the [...]

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Monte Rio

It was beautiful driving weather today, so I thought I’d check out some fixers along Highway 116 and the Bodega Highway. Northwood Golf Club is a beautiful spot for a little recreation, but I didn’t have time for nine holes, let alone eighteen, so I just stopped to admire the redwood shaded grass for a [...]

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Occidental

I headed up to Occidental where I needed to get pictures of some of the Italian style family restaurants for an article Wild Jane is writing on the main sonoma.net site. I made sure to get photos of both the Union Hotel and the classic Howard’s Cafe two blocks up the street. The Union Hotel [...]

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Stone over Reinforced Concrete Block

Stone wall revealed…and some far west grapes

I’ve bemoaned the loss of stone and brick as building materials due to earthquakes. We end up with a lot of faux walls where a thin stone veneer is glued to wood framing. This Freestone property has always had one of the most beautiful wooden fences in Sonoma County. They are in the process of [...]

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Wohler Bridge

We don’t have a lot of old bridges left, at least steel truss bridges that remind me of the Erector Sets I grew up with. There’s one in Guerneville, but so many RV’s got dinged up trying to pass each other that they’ve made it into a pedestrian bridge and created a functional, but un-dramatic [...]

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