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Petaluma’s Viva Cocolat Hosts Decadent Drag Photo Show

by TravelAndrew3 weeks ago in GLBT.0 Comments

Lynn Wong, owner of downtown Petaluma’s Viva Cocolat (110 Petaluma Blvd. N, 707-778-9888), takes a creative approach to operating her sunny chocolate shop and cafe. Each month, she features the products of a different artisan chocolatier, and the walls of establishment are always hung with works for sale by talented artists. The shop’s current art exhibit is “When Life is {…}

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New owners, same great grub at Roy’s Chicago Doggery

by careysweet2 months ago in Dining.0 Comments

That sound of howling you heard from the Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard a while back? Happily, no, it was not an animal going to its demise. It was customers showing up at Roy’s Chicago Doggery and discovering that their beloved diner has new owners. Wait. Before you wail, too, nothing is changing. We will all continue to get the same {…}

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Sonoma County Artisans Attract Santa

by careysweet2 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Where Santa Shops in Sonoma County Ugly sweaters. Stale, waxy chocolate oranges. Weird dancing plastic reindeer. We’ve all got our own horrific visions of the worst holiday gift ever. But this year, it will be different. Our friends and family will shop at Sonoma County’s many wonderful craft fairs. They will purchase us the most precious handmade presents, from fluffy {…}

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Petaluma show features pivotal examples of postwar modernism

by DavidTempleton2 months ago in Art.0 Comments

In the art world, the period between 1945 and 1950 are considered a pivotal moment for modernist artists, particularly in America, where a bold, muscular intensity – and sometimes a spirit of playful freshness – began to emerge, probably a reaction to the end of the Great Depression and the cessation of World War II. As the pain and grief {…}

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Get Your Gourd On with Great Pumpkins

by careysweet4 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Anyone driving on Stony Point Road between Petaluma and Santa Rosa these days sees pumpkins. The brilliant orange orbs fill fields, signs beckon towards side roads brimming with more pumpkins, and roadside stands are popping up, selling, yep, pumpkins. ’Tis the season for baking pies, roasting seeds, making pumpkin smoothies, and carving gourds into ghoulish shapes for Halloween. Here are {…}

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Food Bar is New Petaluma Salad Bar

by careysweet5 months ago in Dining.0 Comments

If you’ve got something for salads, then Food Bar has something for you. The new shop focuses on the green stuff, and all the goodies to top it with it, and it opens this Monday August 29 in downtown Petaluma. You’ll recognize the owners’ names – they’re Joseph and Lori Shea, who also own Blu American Eatery and Sugo Trattoria, {…}

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Petaluma vendor helps green backyard furniture one chair at a time

by mjv5 months ago in Green Sonoma.0 Comments

So what if by the time you read this, the summer will be more than half over. That doesn’t mean you aren’t in the market for a great deal on durable backyard furniture that happens to be eco-friendly, too. This is where Green Frog Outdoor Furniture comes in. The Petaluma-based vendor specializes in products made from a variety of recycled {…}

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Free ice cream, dessert wines on weekends at Sonoma Valley Portworks

by tina6 months ago in Deals.0 Comments

Ice Cream Sundays … and Saturdays, too Sonoma Valley Portworks is playing with Straus Creamery ice cream this month. Come taste unique blends of ice cream mixed with port and sherry, along with other delicious ingredients. The possibilities are endless, and several variations are being served every Saturday and Sunday through Labor Day, for example: DECO port ice cream with {…}

Teams needed for Great Petaluma Treasure Hunt. Artwork courtesy of Mastermind Treasure Hunts.

Sharpen Your Deduction Skills for the Great Petaluma Treasure Hunt

by secretlocal6 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Put on those thinking caps and running shoes because the Great Petaluma Treasure Hunt is back for its third year on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. The Petaluma Downtown Association has teamed up with Mastermind Treasure Hunts for an afternoon of outdoor adventure and problem-solving to benefit the Butter & Egg Days Parade, one of the community’s {…}

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A Verbal Collage of Wacky Art Events

by DavidTempleton6 months ago in Art.1 Comment

Inspired by this weekend’s opening of a wild new collage/assemblage themed art show at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, I thought I might throw together a little verbal “assemblage” of my own. Beginning in the upper left corner of your brain, please imagine the beautiful main gallery of the Arts Center (6780 Depot Street Sebastopol), festooned, bedecked, adorned and {…}