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216 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley. 415.383.3223. Napa
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1310 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.482.9899. Napa
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1219 Washington St., Calistoga. 707.942.6193.
1424 Second St., Napa. 707.226.2666.
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209 Bohemian Hwy., Freestone. 707.823.8231.
2371-A Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol. 707.829.3999.
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115 S. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.823.3535.
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The best way to experience Tra Vigne is to park a few blocks away, walk over the creek bridge and along the railroad tracks to the restaurant. After that, it’s through the front door and into a completely different, far more beautiful world, giving it your vote for Napa County’s best romantic dinner. The high-ceilinged dining area focuses on a lovely Old World bar, perfect for sitting at a table for two looking out over the courtyard and into each other’s eyes. Butternut squash ravioli for the vegetarian, New York steak in a Cabernet Sauvignon sauce for the meat-eater, chocolate tiramisu for both before the warmest, loveliest walk back to the car.—G.M.
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end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and we’d just finished. We’d put our clothes on, and were backing away up onto the road when we heard a big whomping sound. Right where we’d been parking, this guy—I think it was a guy—had jumped off the bridge, had just crashed right into the sand. Bam! We found a pay phone and called the police, but we couldn’t get over how that body had fallen exactly where our car had been parked. Me, I couldn’t stop thinking [this part said with clear and obvious pride in her voice] that if Jimmy hadn’t prematurely ejaculated, we’d both be dead now!”—D.T.
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When Mill Valley’s Bungalow 44 expanded its too-cozy dining room a few years ago, adding an enclosed adjoining tent of the type normally rented for parties, no one realized how cozy and elegant that “tent” would eventually become. Warmed by a beautiful, big, oldfashioned brick fireplace, the room has become a hot-spot in more ways than one, as parades of kissing couples jockey for possession of the couch, romantically positioned right in front of the fireplace. When the weather is rainy and the downpour delicately pounds the canvas roof, there is no place safer or more exotically comfy than in front of that fire. 44 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley. 415.381.2500.—D.T.
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1310 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.482.9899.
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3 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.0988.
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DEER PARK VILLA
367 Bolinas Road, Bolinas. 415.456.8084. Napa
HANS FAHDEN WINERIES
1424 Second St., Napa. 707.226.2666.
2 Laurel Lane, Napa. 707.259.0434.
1219 Washington St., Calistoga. 707.942.6193.
4855 Petrified Forest Road, Calistoga. 707.942.6760.
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2560 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.537.7968.
4545 Thomas Lake Harris Drive, Santa Rosa.707.528.9463.
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621 College Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.545.2772.
19170 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. 707.433.3104.
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101 Margo Lane, Petaluma. 707.290.6723.
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2332 Magowan Drive, Santa Rosa. 707.573.1103.
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6597 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park. 707.588.0525.
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