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It’s About Personality: Bjornstad Cellars

by secretlocal4 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

By Heather Cassell Coaxing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir’s natural beauty and personal charm out into the open is Greg Bjornstad’s talent. “Single vineyard wines are very much personality driven,” said Bjornstad, owner and winemaker of Bjornstad Cellars, an artesian winery located in Sebastopol in Sonoma County. Wine connoisseurs interested in tasting Bjornstad Cellars’s Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, can make an {…}

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Hitchcock & Sonoma County

by Duane4 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

When the powers that be in Hollywood decide that it’s time for a revival, they generally do it in a big way. Not one, but two new Snow White movies released within months of each other. Not one, but three new Hobbit movies, to be released over the next few years. Not one, but three new movies about Abraham Lincoln {…}

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Escape to Osmosis Day Spa

by Duane4 months ago in GLBT.2 Comments

If you didn’t know that the Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary existed, you might just continue winding along Sonoma County’s bucolic Bohemian Highway and miss it altogether, which would be a real shame because it is literally an oasis in the middle of paradise. A self-described “healing sanctuary,” Osmosis is a deeply spiritual retreat known for being the only destination in {…}

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Petaluma Seed Bank: Sowing the Seeds of a New Year

by Duane4 months ago in GLBT.1 Comment

Question: Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? Answer: Quite well if you plant the right seeds. As the New Year rolls around, many of us will begin making lists of things to do to improve our lives in the months ahead. Among other things, we will promise ourselves that we will take on new projects, eat better, {…}

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Guerneville’s Booming Boon

by Duane4 months ago in GLBT.1 Comment

There’s something big happening in Guerneville. I might even call it a rebirth of sorts (and for the record, I wouldn’t be the first to do so). I’ve referenced this trend before in relation to the debut of chic new local hotspots in Guerneville like Whitetail Wine Bar, but perhaps no place represents the changing face of Sonoma’s County’s gayest {…}

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The Buzz About Dutton-Goldfield

by Duane5 months ago in GLBT.1 Comment

You know what I tell people when they ask me what they should do in Sonoma Wine Country? I tell them to drive and explore. I tell them to sit at a bar or restaurant and talk to the locals … to get lost on winding roads and stop in at places that interest them. I tell them to do {…}

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Dine Among The Vines: Cork’s Restaurant & Russian River Vineyards

by Duane5 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

To dine among the vines or not to dine among the vines … that is really the question. And if you’re in the Russian River Valley, there is really only one winery based option to choose from if your answer is “yea” and that is Cork’s, the storied restaurant at the equally storied Russian River Vineyards. The Russian River Valley {…}

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The Village Inn – The Ultimate “Holiday Inn”

by Duane5 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and for lovers of classic films, Christmas looks a lot like Sonoma County’s Village Inn. When Paramount Pictures put Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, and Fred Astaire together back in 1942 to lens the now classic holiday film “Holiday Inn,” little did they know that they were creating a slice of pure holiday {…}

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Winding Down in Windsor

by Duane6 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

Like so much of Sonoma County, Windsor is a rare gem of a town steeped in that unique brand of authenticity for which Sonoma is so notable. Modern yet traditional, Windsor was one of the biggest surprises of my last visit to Sonoma County, not least of all because I had never even heard of it prior to that time. {…}

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The Best Little Home Shop in Guerneville

by Duane6 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

On my last visit to Guerneville, a number of folks recommended that I pop into Sonoma Nesting Company. But, to be honest, the idea didn’t thrill me. Not because I don’t like home furnishings, but because I find shopping for home furnishings while traveling a perplexing state of affairs. What happens if I find the perfect sofa or a great {…}