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miracle of their maturation au naturale. After years of living in big cities, this was the first time since my childhood in Minnesota that these tiny natural wonders were within reach, and I was never happier to be in the North Bay. Like a proud mother, I brought my boyfriend to the pond to show him the little wonders. He looked down into the brown water, then back at me. “Babe,� he said, “those are not tadpoles.� Soon enough I was reminded of a particularly iconic Minnesota experience: the high-pitched whine of a dive-bombing mosquito, as my tiny apartment is now full of them. Those tadpoles? Those are called “wrigglers,� and they’re the most primitive stage in mosquito larval development. Within a couple of days, instead of a batch of melodious froggy friends, the pond birthed a hundred spindlylegged mosquitoes who wait lackadaisically on the surface for the sound of my approaching footsteps as I dart from the gate through the yard and into my front door. The outdoors, I remember, is not all it’s cracked up to be, as I peer outside at what is, in fact, a festering mosquito orgy that keeps me trapped inside.
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dancers and actors. But the time has come for these people to get paid. Too bad that as more of our talent is given away for free, the less companies will expect to have to pay for it once the economy bounces back. If I have learned anything as an artist, it is that there is no “silver lining� in devaluing your field.
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n the video, a mottled Laysan albatross chick waddles slowly in a circle, clacking its beak angrily at the camera. Its scruffy brown wings hang limply at each side, occasionally fluttering and dragging in the soil while the young bird struggles to defend itself from the perceived threat. Around its gray, webbed feet, tiny white flecks dot the ground. “Paint chips,� pronounces University of California assistant researcher Myra Finkelstein, the woman behind the camera, now watching the video on her home PC. “Lead-based paint chips cover the ground in a lot of places. It’s real easy for the young birds to ingest them.� Soon the chick will be dead. The debilitating neurological disease “droopwing� has already sickened its brain
and left its wings paralyzed. If the disease itself doesn’t kill it, infected wounds from broken wings or starvation once its parents migrate most certainly will. For Finkelstein, the bird’s plight isn’t an isolated incident but a familiar scene she’s watched unfold thousands of times on the Pacific islands of Midway. In a 2003 research paper, she showed that paint chips from an abandoned U.S. Navy base on one of the islands are directly responsible for an outbreak of droopwing. And now, her latest study, published in the science journal Animal Conservation, shows the disease causing a substantive drop in Laysan population worldwide, and has inspired the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for not adequately protecting the threatened seabird.
“Myra’s research showed that up to 10,000 chicks are dying on Midway every year,� says Shaye Wolf, staff biologist with the CBD who said the group filed a notice of intent to sue the USFWS, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources on Feb. 1. “That’s not acceptable. We’re filing suit to start an immediate cleanup of the contamination on Midway so that thousands more birds don’t die from lead poisoning. USFWS has stood by, while there is an immediate solution to the problem: clean up the paint.� Located about 1,250 miles northwest of Honolulu and best known as the site of the decisive 1942 victory by the U.S. Navy over the Japanese, Midway Atoll has a total area of only 2.5 square miles, but is the breeding home of roughly 500,000 pairs of Laysan albatrosses, 71 percent of the &,
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At the sixth annual Climate Protection: Everybody Profits conference on May 13 at the Sebastopol Vets Hall, $3,500 in prize money will go to the best new creative financing ideas. April 16 is the deadline for some innovative economics ideas to compete for prizes. At the EverybodyProfitsSonoma.com website, clever financiers can find out how their ideas might contribute to a new pricing paradigm that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Prizes will be awarded on the spot for the best new pricing and financing policy ideas. To get juiced up for the competition and to get the mind stretched out in good ways, consider attending the second annual Turning the Tide conference at Fort Baker in Sausalito, April 14–16, where eco-innovators will gather. This is the doing of the Institute at the Golden Gate whose mission is to “connect, collaborate, inspire and act� on behalf of the environment. One conference innovator, David de Rothschild, plans to participate via satellite from his Plastiki catamaran—made entirely of used plastic bottles— somewhere in the Pacific Ocean because he is too busy calling attention to ocean pollution to dock for the conference. Besides, he went last year. All the others, being presumably boatless, will stay at the former military base with the view to die for. Big names expected at the Fort Baker gathering so far include health leader Andrew Weil, sustainable-food leader Alice Waters, Nobel laureate and climate scientist Stephen Schneider, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Kennedy, and Ocean Voyages Institute president Mary Crowley. There will be all the usual twittering and Facebook feeding for those who hate to go outside or perhaps can’t see spending the $895 conference fee for all three days, even if Alice herself is cooking the brunch. Do the math and decide the most economical way to participate. Meanwhile, those who plan to attend the Climate Protection: Everybody Profits conference in May, plan also to carpool; the driver who shows up alone in any car pays a carbon fine. See? Green fiscal innovations in action. Hand over the gold.
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TURN, TURN, TURN Grabbing liberally from the bulging bag of cliches available to us, we offer the unremarkable observation that change is the only constant. Moreoever, change is often foisted on us unwillingly, and lo, there we are, changed. How one handles such transitions is the real cream. In planning this year’s Best of the North Bay issue, we considered how many folks have had transition unhappily thrust upon them in the last two years (insert metaphoric fist
wagging at that amorphous entity known as “the economy”) and marveled at how well most have handled the adjustment. A resilient species, a creative species, takes hardship and unwanted drift and makes something new and good and true out of it. So it is with our friends and neighbors in the North Bay. This Best Of issue not only celebrates your picks for the best merchants, performing spaces, artists, hair dressers, auto mechanics, dress shops and other local providers of culture and commerce and sport and laughter, but it also strives to celebrate those people and entities that have had change thrown
haphazardly at them and have triumphed— whether they wanted their new life’s course or not. Thus the phoenix logo so liberally sprinkled throughout, and thus the focus on shaking it up that you’ll see in the following pages. The drop-dead geniuses contributing to this year’s issue include Dani Burlison, Morgan Carvajal, Leilani Clark, Suzanne Daly, Jessica Dur, Daedalus Howell, James Knight, Rose McMackin, Kylie Mendonca, Gabe Meline, Jonah Raskin, Michael Shapiro, Carey Sweet and David Templeton. I wouldn’t change a thing about any of them—though they could ably handle it. —Gretchen Giles
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Former SFMOMA board chair Steven Oliver doesn’t often invite the public onto the golden grass and under the stellar oaks of his artstudded Geyserville ranch. But he makes a few annual exceptions for events that benefit area arts organizations. And so it was last fall that some 125 lucky Santa Rosa Symphony
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supporters were able to board coaches and take the windy journey to Oliver Ranch in order to hear the premiere of Purnati, a new work for the Kronos Quartet by Indonesian composer Rahayu Supanggah that had been commissioned by Oliver and his wife, Nancy. The concert took place inside the Anne Hamilton tower that Oliver had erected specifically to host performances—an arts space suitable for Rapunzel. Eight stories and 80 feet high, the cylindrical tower is open to the air at the top, mounting a reflecting pool at the bottom. Inside the cement structure are two staircases curving up its flanks like the double helix strands of DNA. Audience members seat themselves on one strand; performers situate themselves on the other, meaning that in the
case of the Purnati performance, the audience could see one, perhaps two musicians. What mattered was the music. My fear of heights surmounted by my claustrophobia, I climbed to the top of the tower, clutching the balustrade at the top in the warmth of the fading afternoon sun. With eyes closed, I heard the music float viscously up from the tower’s interior, as pristine and intact as though the notes were enclosed in golden bubbles. Look up and see the blue of the sky, the architecture of the surrounding oaks. Look down and see violaist Hank Dutt concentrating over his page, poised soon to zim the chimes. Close eyes, and it’s back to Rapunzel, no longer pining alone in the tower.—G.G.
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Some rooms give back the magic, the interplay between performer and audience as palpable as that between lovers. McNear’s Mystic Theatre, your top pick for best music venue and best place to dance in Sonoma County, is one of those rooms. Built in 1911 and originally home to vaudeville, the Mystic has a sweet balcony, floor seating, its own double-sided bar and a commodious wooden dance floor where it is possible to stand, entirely transfixed, in a full inch of spilled beer at the feet of that night’s deeply felt love interest. As with a lover, being at the Mystic means building memories: Dave Alvin, playing his best for buddy Chris Gaffney just a few years before Gaffney’s untimely death; Richard Thompson gleefully pounding out Britney Spears; the Blind Boys of Alabama bringing aides onstage to help keep the ebullient little old singers who hop when they sing from hopping directly off; Jonathan Richman playing a guitar borrowed from Tall Toad, next door; the Waifs, sisters Vicki Thorn and Donna Simpson, both hugely pregnant, balancing their instruments on their distended bellies; Robert Cray, his muscular biceps resplendently flexed as he recounts all the bad things a man can do in his life (and to his wife) to a roomful of men who bellow back . . .—G.G.
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BOLINAS ART MUSEUM
48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 415.868.0330. Napa
SHARPSTEEN MUSEUM
1311 Washington St., Calistoga. 707.942.5911.
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With the collapse of New College’s North Bay campus in 2008, many wondered what the fate would be of the fine brick building in Railroad Square that once housed the school. Signs of life appeared a few months later, as murmurings about a film series and the occasional punk-rock show began popping up. Turns out, this is the work of the North Bay Film and Art Collective. Helmed by filmmaker Eric McIntyre, along with collaborators Dave Fields, Celeste Turconi and Jessica Barry, the collective shares the goal of creating a hub for art, music and social action in Sonoma County.
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McIntyre, an enthusiastic man who has funded some of the events through a combination of his own money and sweat equity, says, “A lot of artsy, cool hipsters are floating around up here now. When I was 20, it was, like, rednecks or hippies. We’re so ripe for this kind of venue. I guess some people say [Santa Rosa] is the new Austin.�
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While the space has already played host to music and film events, the collective would like to put on more art shows and sustainability and educational series, as well as any other creative possibilities that might previously not have found a home. The ultimate goal is to have an inclusive space that fills the needs of the community. The NBFAC arose from a simple attempt at neighborhood cleanup. McIntyre started doing landscaping around the empty building, which led to talks with Martin Hamilton, ex-president of New College. This jump-started a successful film series in 2009 and the collective’s incorporation as a project of the Arlene Francis Foundation, which owns the building. Now they are ready to transform into something larger. A gleeful challenge on their Facebook page declares, “We’re gonna change this two-bit town. Watch out!� “I put that up there and then I was, like, that’s a really ambitious thing to say. Shoot, now we really have to do it,� Barry laughs. But if the events and ambitions manifested thus far by the collective are any sign, there is no doubt that they are on their way. 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. www.northbayfac.org.—L.C.
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OF PICKLED LIZARDS “Warning: cherubic youngsters and those of the fairer sex and faint of heart may wish to avert their unworldly gaze from certain displays.� With that advisory, the general public is enjoined to peruse sideshows and curiosities at Santa Rosa’s Great West End and Railroad Square Handcar Regatta, which turns the dusty no-man’s land of the railroad yard around Depot Park into a Victorian
fair in September. Sluggish steam engines and other marvels of science are on display, along with cryptic contraptions of dubious merit. But particularly curious, and true to that era of promiscuous collection-making, is the Victorian curio tent. Amid macabre art of the dolls-nailed-to-crucifixes variety, spectators found a menagerie of biological specimens: fish, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, salamanders, insects and mammals. The pièce de rÊsistance was simply a big jar full of pickled lizards. For what reason, I pondered, a jar full of
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RIALTO CINEMAS LAKESIDE
551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.525.4840. HONORABLE MENTION
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85 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.522.0330.
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THE STAPLETON SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
118 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo. 415.454.5759. Napa
SILVERADO BALLET COMPANY
617 Wilson St., Napa. 707.255.9233. Sonoma
SEBASTOPOL BALLET
390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 707.824.8006. HONORABLE MENTION
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110 Howard St., Petaluma. 707.765.2660.
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MARIN BALLET
100 Elm St., San Rafael. 415.453.6705. Napa
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1123 Jordan Lane, Napa. 707.226.6170. Sonoma
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237 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.6786.
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56 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 707.575.8277. HONORABLE MENTION
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134 Weeks Way, Sebastopol. 707.823.1074.
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KELLIE FULLER, KVYN 99.3-FM 1124 Foster Road, Napa. 707.257.8463. Sonoma
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3565 Standish Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.588.0707.
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SAN ANSELMO ART & DESIGN FESTIVAL
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In art, one person’s offensively naked party-boy is another’s glorious statue of David. Your least favorite public edifice may be the very same art piece that made me fall in love with sculpture in the first place. In downtown San Rafael, there is what looks like a slaughtered iron steer, reassembled with sinews and meat flaps all welded in place. The creation of Glen Ellen artist Bryan Tedrick, the conspicuously strange piece, ‘Bull,’ has been both delighting people and grossing them out for several months, alternately demanding to be stared at in disbelief while also crying out to be photographed, with thrilled kiddies perched upon the deathcow’s back. Before stampeding into its little courtyard, the sculpture was installed at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa. Now it is the latest in a series of public artworks ensconced a few yards from the wall-of-water fountain thing that anchors the courtyard. The question is, is this terrifying and beautiful Bull of Wonder an example of good art or bad art? The answer, of course, is yes. [Ed.’s Note: While freelancers might waffle, we love Brian Tedrick’s work.] 1000 Fourth St., San Rafael.—D.T.
blue-bellied lizards? A Sonoma State University student organizer, in her steampunk doppelganger guise as Dr. Korva Tempus, explained the wherefore, if not the why: “All the specimens came from the university’s museum collection. We raided shelves and cabinets in the vertebrate collection for bird skins, bats, various reptile and mammal skulls, a cat skeleton, giant snake skins—and anything else creepy we could find.” At next year’s event, warns Dr. Tempus, “I would like to take everything to the next level.” The Regatta is slated for Sept. 26 this year. www.handcar-regatta.com.—J.K.
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There is nothing square about the dancing engaged in by members of the Redwood Rainbows square-dancing club. With the emphasis on the rarified cardiofriendly art of old-time and Western square dancing, the Redwood Rainbows welcome straight dancers to join the fun several times a week at a variety of locations, including the Ballroom
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in Rohnert Park, just one of the hosts of Sonoma County’s thriving, GLBT square-dancing club, where do-si-doers, with and without their own live-in dance partners, can enjoy the dances that terrified so many of us in junior high. www.redwoodrainbows.org.—D.T.
BEST SING-ALONG Before Renée Fleming’s performance at Festival del Sole last year, attendees at the Castella di Amorosa were handed a program libretto with complete, translated lyrics. “Not so you can sing along,” joked the usher. But lo! After a dazzling performance that’s become the hallmark of Festival del Sole, including pieces by Richard Strauss and George Gershwin, Fleming successfully encouraged the entire crowd in the castle courtyard to warble their best Eliza Doolittle and sing along to her encore of “I Could Have Danced All Night.” Imagine a crowd singing somewhat out of tune, among the vineyards of Napa Valley, in the open-air
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19 BROADWAY NITECLUB
10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.421.8497.
19 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 415.485.0375.
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1030 Main St., Napa. 707.226.7372.
1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4101.
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50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
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5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.
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397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.5200. Napa
HOPMONK TAVERN
230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
BEST PLACE TO DANCE Marin
RANCHO NICASIO 1 Old Ranchero Road, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. Napa
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1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4101.
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461 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.528.7554.
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“Many Lake Berryessa region citizens feel as if they’ve long been treated as a colony, or an Indian reservation, where outside forces declare what they should believe and how they should live,� Kilkus wrote, less than half-jokingly. “Threats to close local schools, decades of mismanagement of local water and sewer infrastructure, continual infringement of local property rights, and the destruction of the Lake Berryessa economy and resorts have fed a growing frustration. The tipping point was the arbitrary and capricious decision on the part of three Napa County supervisors to deny the Lake Luciana Golf Course project in Pope Valley despite its overwhelming popular support among local residents.� At press time, an agreement is still not finalized between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Pensus Group, and the resorts around the lake remain closed. As for Napalachia? Its name lives on in a cartoon running in the Lake Berryessa News, but more importantly, its notion of rugged independence lives in the hearts and minds of the maligned citizens of Lake Berryessa. www.lakeberryessanews.com.—G.M.
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The happily crowded galleries, the provocative art, the chai stand, the alley dancing, even the couch parade: all of this I anticipated at the annual outdoor Winterblast on South A Street in Santa Rosa, a cozy, frolicsome, late-November festival that pays tribute to the inspiration of local artists and quirky community. What I didn’t expect was the impressive display showcasing Santa Rosa’s most talented teen artists. After admiring artist Mary Vaughan’s paintings on old signs and game boards and grooving to the cacophonous syncopations of Earstu in an alley ablaze with marshmallow roasting and tortilla-firing pits, I went into the Imaginists Theatre where the
temporary ARTery Gallery run by the innovative ARTstart program for teen artists was set up. As I grinned and pointed at the bright cartoon-like style of LoveHate, a sweet-cheeked girl—who I soon found out was the artist, 16-yearold Deanna Matthews of Elsie Allen High School—blushed behind me. At the end of the evening, I put money directly into her talented hands and went home with a playfully political painting of an anime feline purring “Blah blah blah.� Like the savory leftovers of the Handcar Regatta, with a persistent sofa-race-turnedparade undaunted by the pesky cars driving through, Winterblast is a (free!) invitation to celebrate the defiant spirit of artistic merry-making for its own sake. www.southaarts.blogspot.com.—J.D.
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Further proof that the Santa Rosa street-arts scene is not dead yet, it was just resting: pub/theater thespians and other habituĂŠs of the former Old Vic pub (d. 2003), which hosted popular revues, have long been itching to cross-dress and walk silly across the stage again. In October, they got their chance when Toad in the Hole Pub owner Paul Stokeld hosted the first annual Mostly Python Festival, “just for the purpose of general silliness.â€? With help from the Arts Council of Sonoma County, the festival closed off half a block of Fifth Street with hay bale risers, a stage and beer tents where a coveted grog in souvenir “Holy Grailâ€? mugs was supplied. Actors played out a roster of scenes from the loony British television series that aired from the 1969 to 1974, and from movies like Life of Brian that are beloved—rabidly, quoteevery-line beloved—by fans. This year’s Mostly Python has been bumped up to May 1. No word yet whether Spam will be on the menu, or even Spam and chips, Spam and mash and Spam salad—but be assured: anyone caught not drinking can stay and enjoy the show, too. 116 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.—J.K.
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When Lauren Conrad, the Barbie-like star of the MTV reality show The Hills, showed up at the Petaluma outpost of Copperfield’s Books for a book signing in January, a line of fans, many with parents in tow, wrapped around the block. While Conrad already has a terrifyingly heavy draw among the tween set, Vicki DeArmon, Copperfields’ marketing director, attributes the crowd to an altogether 21st-century strategy: the use of Facebook and Twitter to advertise the event. “Between that and what we were doing on the radio, it was off the charts,” says DeArmon, noting not only the large crowd—900 people showed up at final count—but that a veritable truckload of books were sold that night. Using a solidly established identity as a community gathering spot, combined with savvy use of web technologies, Copperfield’s has transformed into a truly modern bookstore. DeArmon, along with a team of employees—including Ellen Skagerberg, who runs the bookstore’s 778-follower-strong Twitter page, and Facebook page administrators Amanda Brice and Patty Norman—embarked on a complete renovation of Copperfield’s web presence in 2009.
Rather than running fearfully from new marketing tools, the team has embraced them with excited fervor. “The whole intent was to bring the local independent bookstore online. It was not just a sales place. It was a place to deliver some of the content, some of the editorial sensibility that you get walking into the stores. I think we’ve succeeded on that level. That connection people can make one-onone with booksellers, they can make it online, they can make it through Twitter. We’re swimming in waters we already know,” says DeArmon with a confident smile. “This is already how we operate.” www.copperfields.net.—L.C.
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As a little girl, my mother always warned me that “Mother Mary would cry if she heard girls whistling.” Boys were a different matter, however. Excluding sinful wolf whistles, the clearer and sweeter a man could whistle, the better. But I would bet my dear late mom that even the Mother of God would boogie down listening to the English Beat’s master man, Dave Wakeling. At a recent show at Santa Rosa’s Last Day Saloon, Wakeling’s wonderful whistling was pure, strong and clearly heard over the ska cacophony of the
bands’ instruments. The 54-yearold frontman is a whistling tour de force, smiling broadly and exuding health and high energy while covering the ’80s catalogue of tunes that brought the band fame. Faves like “I Confess” and “Mirror in the Bathroom” always elicit whistles of approval from the audience grooving to the Beat. Now based in Marin County, Wakeling and the band appear a couple times a year at the LDS. The saloon has some hot happy hour deals, so you, too, can wet your whistle. If no seats are left, no worries—the Beat will keep you on your dancing feet all night long. Dave Wakeling and the English Beat appear Friday, April 2, at the Last Day Saloon. 120 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 707.545.2343.—S.D.
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As a part of my master’s degree program a few years back, I hit the road to figure out, once and for all, what I wanted to be when I grew up. With the completion of graduate school looming on the dusty horizon while the economy fell into rapid decline and my personal life became plagued with the challenges that life often presents, I traveled to a vision quest destination, led by North Bay guide Maria Gutierrez. After several hours of winding roads, I arrived, car sick, in the Inyo National Forest of the Eastern Sierras. Equipped with only an avocado, a few gallons of water and a pocket
RECREATION full of Emergen-C vitamin powder, I threw my sub-zero sleeping-bag over my shoulder and carried the smallest tent in the world into the wilderness to get better acquainted with whoever the hell I was. The blanket term “vision quest� is a reference to ancient indigenous practices throughout the world that are used as vehicles of transformation from one stage of life to the next. Regardless of tradition, surprises and insights are revealed simply by sitting still outside—for a really, really long time. My first day consisted of choosing the spot I would sit in for three days and setting my space up, which was simple and fulfilling in itself. The next day, however, was rough. I was overwhelmingly pestered with thoughts that distracted my purpose. I fantasized about sex, beer and ice cream—the few pleasures I had deprived myself of for the month leading up to the quest. I was frustrated. I was starving. I missed my kids. I grew increasingly cold as the clouds snuck through Yosemite’s Tioga Pass and hovered over the bristlecone pine I was nestled under.
After fears of mountain lions or meth freaks attacking me in the night proved ungrounded, I grew irritated with myself and wished that some cute backpacker would appear, bearing beer and ice cream. Finally, I gave in and stripped down naked in a fit of utter fear and heartcrushing vulnerability. “To hell with it,� I thought. “If I am going to do this, I am doing it all of the way.� With my bare ass revealed to the heavens, I sobbed in the rough, clay-like dirt, suddenly open to discovering something new inside. The following days ushered me into a fairly solid but constantly changing understanding of myself. Most importantly, I left with tools that I frequently use when life throws me sucker-punches. And though I have yet to leave society behind for another costly and intense prolonged quest into the woods, I have found that spending even one day alone in a gorgeous North Bay forest is enough to get me centered, focused and prepared to face the world— especially when followed by sex, beer and ice cream. Maria Gutierrez leads her next Vision Quest in the wilds of the Mono Lake Basin this June. www.soul-centeredhealing.com.—D.B.
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Now in its 40th year, Bennett Valley has been home to memories both good and bad. For every tournament win, hole-in-one or quick smile from longtime manager John Flachman, regulars also remember all too well the flat greens, modest little pro shop and flooded fairways of yesteryear. But Bennett Valley wasn’t abandoned to Tin Cup–like erosion. The front and back nine switched places. The greens were redone, adding more slope. The drainage was improved, the parking lot expanded. And the crown jewel is the recent rebuilding of a new pro shop and bar, which added a full restaurant and banquet facility where once there was just a tiny snack bar. With Bob Borowicz now at the helm, and with the oak- and eucalyptus-dotted fairways looking better than ever, Bennett Valley Golf Course—like Nicklaus at the 1986 Masters—has officially come out of hibernation.—G.M.
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tent is all pitched, you can rent horseshoes, do your laundry, pet some feral cats, play croquet and send a postcard from the in-house post office. The docile emanations of lowing cattle pierced the dawn’s calm while we fiddled with the Coleman and mixed up the Bisquick with red food coloring, trying in hilarious futility to shape our pancakes into hearts. 10155 Hwy. 1, Olema. 415.663.8106.—G.M.
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He has two lovable dogs, an extensive portfolio of facial hairstyles and rides in a dress. He’s also one of the country’s most respected bicycle frame builders. He is, of course, Curtis Inglis—the man, the myth, the legend, and your pick for Napa County’s best independent bike frame builder.
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Inglis discovered mountain biking in 1992 and soon befriended Bob Seals, owner of Retrotec Cycles, begging him for a job. There, he learned the art of sizing, design, building and welding, and eventually took over the company. Now he runs two divisions: Retrotec, with its trademark curved tubes, and Inglis, with straight tubes. Naturally, Inglis also inherited from Seals a sense of frivolity—in addition to the top-quality handmade steel frames he sells all over the world, Inglis loves crafting absurd custom designs such as “the Humiliator,” a nearly impossible-to-ride bike, just for fun, and hosted the goofy Single-Speed World Championships in Napa’s Skyline Park in 2008.
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Inglis only makes 50 frames a year, with prices starting at $1,350. That might seem luxurious to the average fair-weather rider, but to those serious about cycling, Inglis and Retrotec frames are known the world over for their sleek style, quality construction and attention to detail. The only bike frame you’ll ever need? It’s possible. —G.M.
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wastewater treatment plant, resulting in the spillage of about 3.5 million gallons of raw sewage. Following two system breaches in the span of a week, the refuse flowed into Richardson Bay, closing the popular recreation spot to boaters and fishers, and endangering wildlife. One report colorfully illustrated the first spill by noting that the amount of sewage, if molded into a rectangular, gelatinous sewage sculpture, would cover an entire football field, including both end zones, in more than six feet of sludge. The Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin was fined $1.6 million, and Richardson Bay, the once pristine arm of the San Francisco Bay, unceremoniously received the “Best Place to Contract Hepatitis” mantle. But there is redemption in this parable. The following year, only half a million gallons were spilled in the bay. Officials from the SausalitoMarin City Sanitation District found the leaking pipe, which was losing about 250 gallons of untreated sewage every minute, and fixed it as soon as they could during the first low tide. As for the engineer who had to wade out there to fix it, we can only hope that he or she was adequately compensated for what happens when a person throws up inside a HAZMAT suit. After the heavy rains that characterized the beginning of 2010, one might expect that the bay should be in for another good bucketing of crap, but instead, the wildlife and the water remained mostly free of untreated sewage. So Richardson Bay, after falling from grace, is redeemed as one of the best places in North Bay to enjoy some nature. Greenwood Beach Road, Belvedere Tiburon. 415.388.2524.—K.M.
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Most of us jump-start each new year with high ambitions that might include taking up knitting, tossing out the cigarettes for good, learning a foreign language, losing 20 pounds, landscaping the backyard or opening an orphanage in an impoverished country. Most of these ambitious attempts at New Year’s resolutions are soon met with defeat when we tally up the costs of classes, services, and airfare to and construction costs
in Malawi. To add insult to injury, if you have found yourself with extra free time because of a layoff or reduction in work hours, you have also found yourself lacking the funds to partake in any of your desires. Luckily for women in Sonoma County, improved fitness, at least, is just a wheel-spin away and absolutely free. Santa Rosa’s Nor Cal Bike Sport offers free Saturday morning ladies’ rides at 9:30am every weekend. With experienced staff member Jen Toland leading the moderately challenging, 20- to 30-mile rides, cyclists are sure to get back into the swing of a fitness routine in the most beautiful cycling terrain in the world. Meet Saturday mornings at NorCal Bike Sport, 425 College Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.573.0112.—D.B.
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A geneticist, a mycologist, an editor and a third-grader got into a boat. The editor was skeptical about the voyage, but the mycologist was adamant. The geneticist merely lied. “This is a family tradition,” she told the third grader as the group set unsteadily out upon the Bolinas Lagoon on Christmas Eve morning for the first time ever. The mycologist neglected to consult the tide chart, the geneticist shouted rowing instructions, the editor misnamed migrating birds, the third-grader asked about breakfast. Out they went, steering clear of sleeping sea lions, which they suddenly perceived as being unnaturally hungry for yuletide humans. Yuletide, neap tide, low tide. Lower tide. No tide. The mycologist wouldn’t believe it. The geneticist made the best of it. “The boat is supposed to skim the mud,” she told the third-grader. The boat slowed, the boat stopped, the boat stuck. The mycologist leaped out. The editor leapt as well. The geneticist said, “This is part of our family tradition.” The third-grader wept quietly, certain that Santa would never find them now. The mycologist pushed. The editor shoved. The boat moved. The mud sucked. The shoes remain, awaiting next year’s annual family tradition. 4900 Shoreline Hwy. 1, Stinson Beach. 415.868.9244.—G.G.
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Entering Pizzavino 707, the Sebastopol restaurant that once housed Stephen Singer’s West County Grill, hungry patrons can feel the heat. True, the brick, wood-fired pizza oven is blazing away at 800 degrees. But this warmth starts at the door, with the smiles of the bartender and the maitre d’. It is a pleasant welcome for the hungry to sit and enjoy a meal as if they, too, are part of the family.
knowledge of a small, food-savvy community in the heart of wine country. “Our level of quality and the attitude of the hospitality didn’t meet the mark,� Singer now says ruefully. “We didn’t accomplish the degree of hospitality you need in a small community and declining economy. There was no margin of error. I failed to deliver, and I learned from it.� After months of trying to sell the business, Singer decided to reopen with new partners and ideas. Pizzavino 707 has simplified the food service to items it can reliably make well. The new collaborators in the kitchen, Gayle Pirit and John Clark, are also the chef-owners of San Francisco’s Foreign Cinema. “I’ve known them for a long time and highly regard their expertise. They have a history of helping restaurants all over the world reboot or attain the next level,� Singer says. Mentored by Pirit and Clark, Andrew Dovel is the attending chef, and Pizzavino’s crew is brand-new. “We needed to purge and rebirth ourselves in as fresh and energetic a way as possible,� Singer says. “I’m extremely happy with the staff now. They
bring a sense of hospitality to everyone who comes in. We want Pizzavino to be an inviting place that’s a common denominator for people.� Trying to find harmonious uses for the facility, Singer has started the Sonoma County Wine Collective. Small-production wineries in the area without hospitality resources of their own use it as a communal tasting room. The restaurant also sponsors a Little League team and a new West County cycling club. “In a small community, you have to give people a reason to leave their homes and contribute to the sustainability,� Singer says. “You need good food and service. We’re no longer hearing the horrifying stories we did when we were the West County Grill. Places without high standards or ones that don’t do anything with distinction get what they deserve. Those which are trying to serve their customers well need the strong consideration of the community, or they won’t be here. The numbers confirm that people see Pizzavino as a gathering spot, and appreciate what we offer.� 6948 Sebastopol Ave., on the Plaza, Sebastopol. 829.9500.—S.D.
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This attitude is in stark contrast to the cold atmosphere of the West County Grill, with its long waits, unpredictable service and high prices. That restaurant closed after only a year, a victim of inconsistency and the economy. Singer and former West County Grill co-owner Jonathan Waxman both boast high-pedigree food and wine backgrounds, but evidently lacked the local
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55 Shasta Ave., Petaluma. 707.775.3663.
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For Sondra Bernstein, nothing is sweeter than turning old restaurants into new restaurants. “Opening a restaurant is addicting, and one restaurant has never been enough,” she says midway through a feast that includes pig snout, pizza, pasta and a grand bottle of Sangiovese at her new Estate restaurant in Sonoma. Born in Philadelphia, Bernstein grew up on lox, bagels and wontons. A foodie even as a teen, she attended restaurant school, worked for TGI Fridays, and in the 1990s reinvented herself as an innovative restaurateur with a passion for France’s Rhone-style cooking at Sonoma Valley’s the Girl and the Fig restaurant, and the Fig Cafe. Estate (from “e’state,” meaning “summer” in Italian) is her third restaurant—not counting the short-lived Spanish experiment the Girl & the Gaucho—and not her last, if she has anything to say about it. After decades in the biz, opening restaurants is a way of life for her. Staying open is harder now than ever before, she says, because customers are better informed about food and expect to pay less for bigger portions. So she’s lowered prices, and serves more meals than ever—some 200,000 last year. Estate occupies the “magical property,” in Bernstein’s words, where Preston Dishman, once a dirt-poor Southern boy, ran the nationally acclaimed restaurant the General’s Daughter. When he moved out, she moved in, though she didn’t have a clue about the menu. Once she chose to go Italian, she put her passion for French-inspired food on a back burner, and shelved her famous fetish for figs. She turned the old restaurant upside down: ripped up carpets, added a wood-fired pizza oven and gave the place a Mediterranean makeover. To get into the spirit of Italian cooking, she went to Italy to eat. Back home, she watched, again and again, Fellini’s classic La Dolce Vita. The culinary transformation has paid off financially and culturally. The town of Sonoma was recently chosen by the Italian Cittaslow International organization to be the first “Slow City” in the United States. Bernstein created the menu that brought the Italian visitors and their hosts together for a family-style lunch at Benzinger Winery: local rabbit, baby fennel, wild mushrooms, delicata squash and local cheeses. “Over the years, I’ve reinvented menus and myself,” Bernstein says. “Sonoma County has reinvented itself too. We’ve evolved together organically.” Estate, 400 W. Spain St., Sonoma. 707.933.3663.—J.R.
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It’s not just because she’s just about the most friendly and outgoing chef you’ll ever meet. It’s not even because her delicious dishes are sourced completely locally from within a half-hour radius. The fact of the matter is that Duskie Estes—co-chef and -owner with husband, John Stewart, at both Santa Rosa’s Zazu Restaurant and Farm and Healdsburg’s Bovolo, and your pick for best chef in Sonoma County—makes our mouths water with culinary creations that leave most diners awestruck. Much of that’s due, of course, to Zazu’s onsite farm, with veggies and greens, and the couple’s flock of chickens, which supply the eggs to make handmade pasta every morning, and their home-cured salumi. All of Zazu’s meat comes from local sources such as Bodega’s family-owned Gleason Ranch, and the menu changes daily depending on what’s fresh. But it’s what Estes does with the ingredients that matters most. It’s the reason why she was featured on the Food Network in 2007 and why Emeril Lagasse calls her a friend. Plus, you gotta love the way her name rolls off the tongue. Say it out loud: Duskie Estes! —G.M.
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1886 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.528.3278.
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610 First St., Napa. 707.251.3757.
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LALA’S CREAMERY
Napa
560 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Sebastopol. 707.823.7492.
Best Cafe & Coffee House
HONORABLE MENTION
Napa
1414 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.9300.
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SCREAMIN’ MIMI’S
638 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415.453.1238.
CHECKERS RESTAURANT
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BEST ICE CREAM Marin
FAIRFAX SCOOP
63 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 415.453.3130.
HONORABLE MENTION
FRUIT IN MOTION
3 Fourth St., Petaluma. 707.776.4559.
BESTCAFE / COFFEEHOUSE Marin
MARIN COFFEE ROASTERS
546 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415.258.9549. 1551 S. Novato Blvd., Novato. 415.892.8373. Napa
YO EL REY ROASTING
1217 Washington St., Calistoga. 707.942.1180. Sonoma
Napa
SCOOPS & SWIRLS
1473 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.
FLYING GOAT COFFEE
www.flyinggoatcoffee.com
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You know you’re of a fine old vintage if you remember when “that little old winemaker� pushed wine to a national television audience, or better yet, bellied up to the bar at the Italian Swiss Colony tasting room. But not as old as the winery’s earlier mascot—call him the little old wine imbiber. Back in the day when there wasn’t a winery around every bend in the road, the Italian Swiss Colony was the biggest tourist destination in the North Bay. Shuttered for decades, the historic landmark has reopened as Cellar No. 8 (and Chateau Souverain). One of the joys of visiting, besides the juice, is that the tasting room is a living museum of that earlier time. Consider a barrel head on the wall that bears the inscription, “Wines mellowed in redwood.� There, over in the far corner, behold a 19thcentury sculpture carved by an Italian artisan. Titled His Last Love, the marble bust depicts a gent in his dotage and his stocking cap, with a sleepy, creepy grin, jealously cradling a straw basket-covered flask of wine like some Gollum. Oh, precious! Brought to life through advertising vignettes of the early 20th century, the old dotager surely has no contemporary in wine branding today—but wait, he has a twin! Look for him as the logo of Lago di Merlo Vineyards and, reportedly, on the tail of Merlo’s private jet. 26150 Asti Post Office Road, Cloverdale. 866.557.4970.—J.K.
BEST HIGH-
FALUTIN’ FARMER
The first time we saw Tucker Taylor hanging around the French Laundry, we checked our pockets for loose change. To be honest, he looked like he wouldn’t turn down a handout, with his knit braided tassel hat, his Grizzly Adams beard and his dirt-stained jeans. Then he showed us some asparagus, and it all made sense. Taylor is the private farmer for the Thomas Keller empire in Yountville, and his workplace is a two-acre organic garden directly across the restaurant from the famed Laundry. That’s him you’ll see digging in the soil nearly every
day, his hat and beard keeping him warm through the chilly rains of spring. There’s no fence around the property, which may seem odd, given the treasures contained within the 48 plots planted with tomatoes, peppers, boutique lettuces, beets, onions and more than 60 fragile blossoms, from broccoli to fava beans. A 3,000square-foot solar greenhouse blooms with tiny seedlings and a rainbow of herbs, each destined to become something exquisite on the menus of the French Laundry, Ad Hoc, Bouchon or Bouchon Bakery. Taylor says he likes to be accessible, forging relationships with neighborhood growers and explaining to passers-by why he gets excited about oca, an obscure tuber from the Andes, and crones, tiny roots that grow somewhat like potatoes but “look like the arm of the Michelin man� and are as crunchy as a water chestnut. For all his growing celebrity status, it’s still the dirt that Tucker digs. With a university degree in horticulture, he’s entirely down to earth. When he’s not cultivating precious ingredients for the Laundry’s $250 dinners, he’s pruning bushes and pulling weeds. “I also take care of the landscaping for all of the Keller properties,� he admits. 6640 Washington St., Yountville. 707.944.2380.—C.S.
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Healdsburg’s Wine-a-Bay-Go, the relaxing, leather-seated coolness of which has allowed many a winetaster to avoid DUIs in comfort, is maybe the best alternative to a taxi or limousine currently rolling through the hills of wine country. Affordably priced at $100 per hour, a fraction of what you’d pay for alternative services, the Wine-aBay-Go can seat up to 10 people. Jonathan Garner, the astoundingly friendly owner-operator-driver, always provides cold bottled water to keep guests hydrated, and delectable snacks to keep them from keeling. He will happily take a picture at each winery (and email you the shots after you’ve sobered up), and has even been known to assist with making reservations at one of the area’s many fine restaurants. Full service! www.healdsburgtours.com.—D.T.
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PALISADES DELI CAFE
1458 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.0145.
BOBBY’S CAFE
Sonoma
Napa
2097 Stagecoach Road, Santa Rosa. 707.542.2530.
1413 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.0555.
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25 Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma. 707.765.2138.
3611 Bohemian Hwy., Occidental. 707.874.2838.
AIOLI
1617 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.454.4444.
CAFE SARAFORNIA
HOWARD’S STATION CAFE HONORABLE MENTION
OMELETTE EXPRESS
112 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.525.1690.
BEST BRUNCH Marin
BUCKEYE ROADHOUSE
15 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.331.2600. Napa
GILWOODS CAFE
320 Town Center, Napa. 707.963.1788. 1313 Main St., St Helena. 707.963.1788.
TRAVERSO’S
CORDOZA’S DELI & CAFE
6536 Front St., Forestville. 707.887.2476.
BEST OUTDOOR DINING Marin
LE GARAGE
85 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito. 415.332.5625. Napa
CALISTOGA INN
1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4101. Sonoma
DEMPSEY’S RESTAURANT & BREWERY 50 E. Washington St., Petaluma. 707.765.9694.
Sonoma
WILLOW WOOD MARKET & CAFE
9020 Graton Road, Graton. 707.823.0233. HONORABLE MENTION
HANK’S CREEKSIDE RESTAURANT 2800 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.575.8839.
BEST DINER
HONORABLE MENTION
MOSAIC RESTAURANT
6675 Front St., Forestville. 707.887.7503.
BESTDININGAFTER10PM Marin
MARIN JOE’S RESTAURANT
1585 Casa Buena Drive, Corte Madera. 415.924.2081.
Marin
BUBBA’S DINER
566 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415.454.9840. Napa
EMMY LOU’S DINER
1429 W. Imola Ave., Napa. 707.224.0154.
UNDERWOOD BAR & BISTRO HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
BEST DELI Marin
MICHAEL’S SOURDOUGH
3095 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael. 415.485.0964.
Sonoma
125 Keller St., Petaluma. 707.773.1143.
7260 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.8080.
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9113 Graton Road, Graton. 707.823.7023.
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HALLIE’S DINER
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SOL FOOD
901 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael. 415.451.4765. 732 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.451.4765.
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It was a shocking closer in a long and curious story, like the finale of a popular television series. Winery owner Naomi Brilliant had thrown in the towel on Roshambo Winery and her quixotic journey to “have fun in a winey world.� Roshambo got noticed when it launched in 2002, and immediately gained a rep as the hipster winery with a following among a new generation unswayed by musty, traditional appeals to status and exclusion. The winery, housed in an ambitious concrete and glass building with a killer view, hosted a contemporary art gallery, cult movie dates, pajama parties and, famously, an annual rock-paper-scissors competition.
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Facing financial pressures, Roshambo shed the shack and took its “party army� on the road in its “Roshambus,� pouring wine at a quirky space in arty Cornerstone Gardens, with a plan to build again pending. Yet as soon as 2010 dawned, the party stopped. No winery, no army, no wine—though some lingers on store shelves. And in its place, Roshambo Farms. “I was never someone who wanted to be a corporate job person,� Brilliant says while watching her chickens cavort in the coop. “Signing interstate compliance is like a signature to the devil.� The switch to Roshambo Farms is a welcome change, she says, and gives her time to be with the land and at peace. While Brilliant laments that “the business of wine is not about small family farms; it’s all about marketing,� she insists that the cult of Roshambo was no put-on. “It was based on real life, instead of marketing. I wanted people to just enjoy wine and not have to get a degree to feel comfortable about trying new things.� For all the hoopla that attended the winery, the idea was to have fun and not take it too seriously. Brilliant wanted selling a good bottle to be as simple as cooking dinner for friends: “Hey, here’s something I did— enjoy it!�
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While the Roshambus is idled, the paperwork never goes away. “I will probably be doing Roshambo Winery for the next year,â€? Brilliant sighs. Meanwhile, she’s taking out the lawns surrounding her house and planting more vegetables. Having planned this exit for a year, it’s a big relief to finally get it out in the open. For the “weird lettuces, Asian vegetables and herbsâ€? that Brilliant grows on Roshambo Farms, there’s currently just one customer, San Francisco restaurant Weird Fish. “I want to feel very connected to people who enjoy my end product,â€? Brilliant explains, allowing that her current project is not comparable to the scale of its earlier incarnation. The 100-acre property’s remunerative Russian River Valley vineyards, of course, will not be ripped up in favor of arugula and frisĂŠe. “If you want to catch me,â€? she says, “see what I’m doing now.â€? www.roshambofarms.com.—J.K.
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At Stark’s Steakhouse, your honorable mention pick for best cocktails, a roll of quarters will not only ensure a high-quality buzz, but will fill your belly, too. Stark’s happy hour menu was introduced as a buffer to our crashing economy, promising only to keep its insanely low prices until the Dow reached 10,000. To the pleasant surprise of penny-pinching regulars, Stark’s has maintained the cheap-o menu long after the Dow climbed beyond the 10,000 mark. With $2 Beefeater martinis on Wednesdays and Thursdays, $2.50 drafts, $4 wines and $3 tasty, nonalcohol mixes every weekday, Stark’s happy hour puts a happy swagger in a tipsy step. Plus, with an appetizer menu offering goodies like delicious yam fries, Moroccan chicken meatballs, meatloaf sliders and addiction-forming potato fondue priced at $1.50 or $3.50, your unemployment bucks are stretched further as you skim the want ads for a new career while commiserating over lost jobs and mortgage fiascos. Stark’s happy hour serves us up right Monday–Friday from 3pm to 6pm; yummy cocktails all the time.—D.B.
Napa FIRST PLACE TIE
SILVERADO BREWING CO.
3020-A N. Hwy. 29, St. Helena. 707.967.9876.
PICA PICA MAIZE KITCHEN
610 First St., Napa. 707.251.3757.
Napa
KEN FRANK, LA TOQUE
1314 McKinstry St., Napa. 707.257.5157. Sonoma
DUSKIE ESTES, ZAZU
3535 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4814.
Sonoma
HONORABLE MENTION
7385 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.1077.
42 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.778.9900.
PETER LOWELL’S
HONORABLE MENTION
WILLOW WOOD MARKET & CAFE
9020 Graton Road, Graton. 707.823.0233.
BEST CATERER Marin
INSALATA’S
120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 415.457.7700. Napa
RICK WARKEL CATERING
1606 Harley St., Calistoga. 707.942.1259.
TONY NAJIOLA, CENTRAL MARKET
BEST RESTAURANT Marin
LE GARAGE
85 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito. 415.332.5625. Napa
JOLE
1457 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.5938. Sonoma
CYRUS RESTAURANT
29 North St., Healdsburg. 707.433.3311.
Sonoma
PREFERRED SONOMA CATERERS
23 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707.769.7208. HONORABLE MENTION
A LA HEART CATERING
600 Wilson St., Santa Rosa. 707.527.7555.
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UNDERWOOD BAR & BISTRO
9113 Graton Road, Graton. 707.823.7023.
BESTNEW RESTAURANT Marin
BEST CHEF
85 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito. 415.332.5625.
HEIDI KRAHLING, INSALATA
JOLE
LE GARAGE
Marin
Napa
120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 415.457.7700.
1457 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.5938.
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JACKSON’S BAR & OVEN
135 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.545.6900. HONORABLE MENTION
EL COQUI
400 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.542.8868.
BEST CHINESE Marin
FIRST PLACE TIE
HARMONY RESTAURANT
800 Redwood Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.381.5300.
JENNIE LOW’S
Vintage Oaks Mall, Novato. 415.892.8838. 140 Second St., Ste 120, Petaluma. 707.762.6888. Napa
SOO YUAN
1354 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.9404. Sonoma
GARY CHU’S
611 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 707.526.5840. HONORABLE MENTION
LILY KAI
3100 Lakeville Hwy., Petaluma. 707.782.1132.
BEST FRENCH Marin
LE GARAGE
85 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito. 415.332.5625. Napa
Simply Vietnam
LA GARE
208 Wilson St., Santa Rosa. 707.528.4355. HONORABLE MENTION
FRENCH GARDEN
8050 Bodega Ave. Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.
707.566.8910
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HIMALAYAN KABOB & CURRY HOUSE
220 Western Ave., Petaluma. 707.775.4453.
BEST ITALIAN Marin
IL DAVIDE
901 A St., San Rafael. 415.454.8080. Napa
BOSKO’S TRATTORIA
1364 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.9088. Sonoma
CUCINA PARADISO
56 E. Washington St., Petaluma. 707.782.1130. HONORABLE MENTION
LA COCO’S
117 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.523.2227.
BEST JAPANESE Marin
SUSHI TO DAI FOR
816 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.721.0392. Napa
CC BLUE SUSHI BAR Sonoma
7531 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. 707.824.9886. HONORABLE MENTION
HANA JAPANESE RESTAURANT
101 Golf Course Drive, Rohnert Park. 707.586.0270.
BEST MEDITERRANEAN Marin
1700 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.6252.
LOTUS CUISINE OF INDIA
SMALL WORLD RESTAURANT
704 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.5808.
966 North Dutton Ave~Santa Rosa Mon–Sat 10–9m Sunday 11–8
409 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.579.5999.
BEST INDIAN Marin
dine in & take out
Sonoma
SIZZLING TANDOOR
SUSHI TOZAI
6510 Washington St., Yountville. 707.944.0103.
fresh ingredients large dining room friendly staff always affordable
975 Clinton St., Napa. 707.226.9988.
6534 Washington St., Yountville. 707.944.8037.
Sonoma
The local preference for authentic Vietnamese
NEELA’S
1148 Main St., St. Helena. 707.967.9100.
BISTRO JEANTY
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Traditional Vietnamese Restaurant
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
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928 Coombs St., Napa. 707.224.7743.
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First of all, let’s be clear on one point: the property truly is cleaved by a creek. At a passing glance, the name Cleavage Creek might be mistaken for the sophomoric brainstorm of a sophomore of a certain age who’s well past midpoint in his bottle. But look again. The colorful labels feature portraits of real women with plunging necklines, to be sure, but their smiles are the bright and confident ones of survivors.
When he happened upon the Cleavage Creek label, Budge Brown was floundering, angry and directionless after having lost his wife Arlene to breast cancer. Although the racy label’s progenitor intended to make contributions to breast cancer research after profits, he hadn’t the time and inclination to follow through. Brown made it his mission. He took control of the situation by using the wine brand to promote breast cancer awareness, promising to contribute fully 10 percent of the gross proceeds to fund research. To date, over $72,000 has been contributed to specific projects, including, most recently, $40,000 to establish the new Integrative Oncology Center for Breast Cancer at Bastyr University in Seattle. Brown says that, sure, he could’ve just written a check, but he wanted to do something that got people’s attention. His ownership of Cleavage Creek has seen three vintage releases, with each wine label featuring one of 20 breast cancer survivors whose individual stories of triumph are told on the winery’s website. And every time the brand gets noted in the press, says winery publicist Laura Kirkham, someone tells them that they went in for a mammogram, and it made a difference. In fact, when the state of Tennessee just opened to direct wine shipment, the winery “got a lovely note by the lady in charge of it all, thanking us for what we’re doing,” Kirkham says. “You don’t see that too often from a regulatory agency.” After the publicity attending its launch, the brand is still going strong. And the wines are not just bulk blends with a pretty label; the Napa Valley and Tracy Hills appellated wines have earned 32 medals in national and international competitions. A new tasting room and winery is currently under construction in Pope Valley, to be completed later this year. www.cleavagecreek.com.—J.K.
BEST ’80S-STYLE
PRE-HAPPY HOUR
As skaters used to say back in the ’80s, “The next best thing to free beer is cheap beer, and next to that is Schaefer.” Fortunately, now that you’re all grown up and have traded your deck for a worthless 401k, you need not imbibe malted swill for a buzz. Nor need you pay $4 a pint, that is if you don’t mind enjoying a brew prior to 5pm, and in this economy, who doesn’t?
Sonoma’s El Dorado Kitchenette, aka “EDK,” nicked its design from Dean & Deluca and its beer prices from the ’80s. For a $1.75, one can enjoy a pre–happy hour bottle of Lagunitas IPA, Anchor Steam or even the nut-brown excellence of Newcastle. Why so cheap? Don’t ask. Big spenders with cash to flash can still go to the adjacent El Dorado Hotel bar and spend $4 for the same brew, so best to let drinking dogs lie. 405 First St. W., Sonoma. 707.996.3220.—D.H.
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Winner Best Sparkling Wine Honorable Mention
Sonoma County
Winner Best Cabernet Sauvignon
Best Syrah honorable mention
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According to Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide, the best defense in a zombie apocalypse is a remote location at the top of a hill or mountain, from which you can see everything clearly from every direction. There is no place better in all the North Bay than the West Point Inn, way off the beaten track on Mt. Tamalpais. Best known as a hikers’ paradise (there is no way to drive there; you have to either hike, bike or shuffle the two miles of trail to arrive), this remote membership resort now has a fantastic snack bar and rents out its no-frills rooms for next to nothing. If the zombie outbreak ever does happen, that’s where we want to be, sipping a hot chai, enjoying the view, while watching the woods for any sign of the ravenous undead. 1000 Panoramic Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.9955.—D.T.
BEST FREE
BREAKFAST FOR $800
One of the best breakfast spots in Sonoma County is tucked in an unlikely place: the Kenwood Inn & Spa. You know, that tiny Mediterranean-style property you race past on Highway 12 and always wonder what it is? And marvel of marvels, their breakfast is free! The place is cozy, set in a posh resort resto that seats just 35, yet chef Andrea Di Loreto’s daily changing menu is inventive. A few favorites might include Cajunspiced jambalaya with sausage and bacon topped with chivemascarpone scrambled eggs; a “Green Eggs & Ham” scramble of pesto marinated cheese tortellini and prosciutto over grilled country bread and diced Roma tomatoes; or creamy soft polenta topped with poached eggs, applewood smoked bacon and red pepper coulis. Of course, there’s a hitch— the meal is complimentary only to guests of the 29-room property, and a Tuscany-style suite goes for $800 per night. In fact, the only folks who can eat breakfast (or lunch or dinner) here at all are
resort guests. But may we mention that the chilaquiles are really, really delicious? 10400 Sonoma Hwy. (Highway 12), Kenwood. 707.833.1293.—C.S.
BEST PLACE
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If you find yourself sliding homo on the Kinsey scale—and I don’t mean accidentally sucking face with a female roommate at a frat party à la Katy Perry cherry chapstick; I mean real, Shane McCutcheon wet dreams kinda sliding, 2010 could be your year to step out of the closet and into the light of gay. But if the rainbow’s too bright, you might feel more at home in the dim glow of fluorescent bar signs, amid the dingy, bra-strewn glory that is the Black Cat Bar and Cafe. Located in the old Eagle Hotel, rumor has it the place is haunted, but even a rouge specter couldn’t bring down the mood. The woman-powered dive bar in downtown Penngrove is so much more than a watering hole; it’s become a community hub, and has been hosting some of the most beautiful, most butch and most transformed female and male musicians in the North Bay since 2002. Live music at the Black Cat is an up-close and personal experience, with the musicians so close you can see the pores on their faces while they sing out their Sapphic love songs. There’s also DJ dancing, a pool table and open mic every Wednesday. Dress is casual and not necessarily gender conforming. As a friend pointed out, the men might be below average height, but what they’re packin’ in those Levi’s could still surprise you. The Black Cat serves food from next-door neighbor Humble Pie, and Bloody Marys with “Brunch Under the Bras” on Sundays. 10056 Main St., Penngrove. 707.793.9480.—K.M.
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131 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707.765.9775. HONORABLE MENTION
EAST WEST CAFE
557 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.546.6142.
BEST MEXICAN Napa
MARTHA’S OLD MEXICO
305 N Main St., Sebastopol. 707.823.4458.
BEST SEAFOOD Marin
SEAFOOD PEDDLER
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. 415.460.6669. Napa
GO FISH
641 Main St., St. Helena. 707.963.0700. Sonoma
WILLI’S SEAFOOD & RAW BAR
403 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.433.9191. HONORABLE MENTION
GTO’S SEAFOOD HOUSE
234 S. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.824.9922.
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UBUNTU RESTAURANT
1140 Main St., Napa. 707.251.5656.
SLICE OF LIFE
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EAST WEST CAFE
128 N. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.829.2822.
BEST VIETNAMESE Marin
LA MAISON DE LA REINE
346 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.927.0288. Napa
ANNALIEN
1142 Main St., Napa. 707.224.8319. Sonoma
SIMPLY VIETNAM
966 N. Dutton Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.566.8910. HONORABLE MENTION
PHO VIETNAM
711 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa. 707.571.7687.
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SEA THAI BISTRO
2323 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.528.8333. 500 Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma. 707.766.6633. HONORABLE MENTION TIE
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2400 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.528.8048.
335 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415.454.9840.
1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.4677.
809 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.458.8845.
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6970 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 707.829.6627.
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800 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.762.8192.
BEST BREAKFAST
525 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.526.3939.
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1237 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4400.
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1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4101.
DOWNTOWN JOE’S
902 Main St., Napa. 707.258.2337. Sonoma
RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING CO.
725 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.545.2337.
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Any person who must ask, “Um, why can’t the vodka be inside a regular freezer, while we stay in the warm bar on the outside?” is surely missing the point of Graziano’s Vodika Lounge. Vodka inspires fascination with all things that are clear as crystal and cold as ice—the sparkling shards in James Bond’s martini, coolly ordered in a room full of danger, or the rough frost on a bottle of Stoli pulled from the freezer at midnight. So-called ice bars, originating in Scandinavia’s frozen north, have opened in just a few of the trendsetting capitals of the world: London, New York and now
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Rod Berglund had a pesky little problem at his Joseph Swan Vineyards, the historic Russian River Valley winery specializing in vineyard-designated Pinot Noir and old-vine Zinfandel: gophers, which were digging up his grapes. The creative guy decided to catch the marauding mammals, and, rather than waste them, he has naturally enough decided to eat them. Why not? Meat is meat. Thus, Berglund bags the offending diggers into ziplocks and freezes them. Meanwhile, he and his wife Karen are working on recipes so ambitious that he’s actually planning on publishing a cookbook. That means such dishes as gaupher rôti farci aux figues Mission noir enveloppé dans prosciutto (roast gopher with black Mission figs wrapped in prosciutto), gopher in mole sauce or even gopher confit. The wine pairings will be easy, Berglund says, explaining that he’s labeled each tasty animal as to which grape block it came from. As to when the book will debut or if there will be a preview dinner at his fun and funky tasting room sometime soon, Berglund isn’t committing quite yet. In the meantime, let’s all just lift a glass of delicious Pinot and sing along: “Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts . . .” 2916 Laguna Road, Forestville. 707.573.3747.—C.S.
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Petaluma. Guests at Graziano’s are invited to don luxurious faux fur coats and hats, then enter a specially built walk-in freezer filled with the azure light of a sunless day. Above, the condenser unit keens like an authentic arctic wind—this is not the place to while away the evening sipping cosmos. Taste vodka samplers at their correct serving temperature— “bone chilling”—from potato and grain, Polish vodka infused with bison grass, and Kazakh vodka as creamy and smooth as the idea of snow. All that’s missing from this frozen little fantasy are the Björk remixes. 170 Petaluma Blvd N., Petaluma. 707.762.5997.—J.K.
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HOPMONK TAVERN
230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
BEST COCKTAILS Marin
WILDFOX RESTAURANT
225 Alameda del Prado, Novato. 415.883.9125. Napa
HYDRO BAR & GRILL
1403 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.9777.
BEST WINE LIST Marin
RICK’S WINE CELLAR
207 Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 415.927.9466. Napa
UBUNTU RESTAURANT 1140 Main St., Napa. 707.251.5656. Sonoma
CYRUS RESTAURANT
29 North St., Healdsburg. 707.433.3311.
Sonoma
UNDERWOOD BAR & BISTRO
9113 Graton Road, Graton. 707.823.7023.
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205 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 707.568.4002.
BEST WINETASTING ROOM
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RICK’S WINE CELLAR
724 B St., San Rafael. 415.453.4318.
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207 Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 415.927.9466.
3020-A N. Hwy. 29, St. Helena. 707.967.9876.
CASTELLO DI AMOROSA
SILVERADO BREWING CO.
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Dove-Shaped Colomba, Fruit Basket & Easter Princess Cakes Easter Egg Braid, Hot Cross Buns & Bunny-Shaped Breads Fresh Fruit Tarts & Mini Egg Cakes, Beet “Red Velvet” Cake, Assorted Easter cupcakes
Sonoma
4045 N. St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga. 707.967.6272.
1371 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. 707.775.3775.
WOODENHEAD WINERY
Thanks for making us your Best Bakery!
609 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 707.579.9408.
BEYOND THE GLORY
HONORABLE MENTION TIE
BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING CO.
11447 Old Redwood Hwy., Healdsburg. 707.431.3646.
BEST DIVE BAR
BEST SAUVIGNON BLANC
2AM CLUB
382 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.6036. Napa
SUSIE’S BAR
1365 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.6710. Sonoma
ROUND ROBIN
616 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.575.1354.
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ROSS VALLEY WINERY
343 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415.457.5157. Napa
ARTESA VINEYARDS & WINERY 1345 Henry Road, Napa. 707.224.1668. Sonoma
HANNA WINERY
HONORABLE MENTION
9280 Hwy. 128, Healdsburg. 707.431.4310.
106 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.763.0118.
5353 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa. 707.575.3371.
GALE’S CENTRAL CLUB 14 45 T OW N & C O U N T RY D R . S A N TA R O S A 707-527-7654
5700 River Road, Forestville. 707.887.2703. HONORABLE MENTION
Marin
72 25 H E A L D S B U R G A V E . S E B A S TO P O L 707-829-8101
Sonoma
AUSIELLO’S FIFTH STREET GRILL
345 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.431.7258.
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BEST SPORTS BAR
521 Adams St., Santa Rosa. 707.546.5100.
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MERRY EDWARDS WINES
2959 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Sebastopol. 707.823.7466.
BEST CHARDONNAY Marin
STUBBS VINEYARD
10000 Marshall-Petaluma Road, Petaluma. 707.486.3152. Napa FIRST PLACE TIE
ROMBAUER VINEYARDS
915 Oakville Cross Road, Oakville. 800.273.8809.
HAWKES WINERY
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6450 First St., Forestville. 707.820.1383.
235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.431.9400.
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5 Fitch St., Healdsburg. 707.433.3473.
BEST SPARKLING WINE Marin
PT. REYES VINEYARDS 12700 Hwy. 1, Pt. Reyes. 415.663.1011. Napa
SCHRAMSBERG VINEYARDS
1400 Schramsberg Road, Calistoga. 707.942.4558. Sonoma
IRON HORSE VINEYARDS
9786 Ross Station Road, Sebastopol. 707.887.1507. HONORABLE MENTION
KORBEL CHAMPAGNE CELLARS 13250 River Road, Guerneville. 707.824.7000.
BEST CABERNET Marin
POINT REYES VINEYARDS 12700 Hwy. 1, Pt. Reyes. 415.663.1011.
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1563 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. 707.963.9454.
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LA CREMA WINERY
(... A WOOD FIRE...NOT GAS!)
235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.431.9400.
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OPEN 7 DAYS
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WOODENHEAD WINERY
LUNCH & DINNER &TAKE OUT
5700 River Road, Forestville. 707.887.2703.
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CLAYPOOL CELLARS
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1371 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.7422. Sonoma
SEGHESIO FAMILY VINEYARDS 14730 Grove St., Healdsburg. 707.433.7764.
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3340 State Hwy. 128, Calistoga. 707.942.6684.
4685 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. 707.433.1385.
BENNETT LANE WINERY
WILD FOX
4791 Dry Creek Road at Timber Crest Farms, Healdsburg. 707.433.0200.
ALPHA OMEGA WINERY
3909 Frei Road, Sebastopol. 707.829.3374.
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6734 Hwy. 128, Healdsburg. 707.433.4295.
3522 Silverado Trail, St. Helena. 707.963.5170.
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BEST TIPS FOR KEEPING SEX IN MARRIAGE AFTER THE BABY CARRIAGE When was the last time you flashed your spouse or washed the dishes in exchange for a little below-the-belt lovin’? If you’re wondering what place such sassy, scintillating activities have in your married life, you probably aren’t alone. It’s also time for you to pick up a copy of ‘Make Love Whenever Possible When Married with Children,’ the recently released book by local authors Leslie Kaplan (above left) and Peg Melnik (right).
ROMANCE Kaplan, who teaches college English, met Melnik, a columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, in their daughters’ kindergarten class. They commiserated about how sleep deprivation was causing a sort of matrimonial amnesia, making them wonder: Why did I marry my husband? They started writing down their experiences and their witty, practical solutions for staying in love with their spouses, all of which can be summed up in two words: make love. Seems simple, right? But why are there so many marriages languishing or festering with resentment? According to Kaplan and Melnik, it’s due to a lack of preparation. “Everyone teaches you how to burp a baby, but no one teaches you how to be a parent and a lover at the same time,� Melnik says. Many people believe that sweet-smelling babies follow wedded bliss, instead of the “ugly truth� that having children can ruin a relationship. Somewhere between the bachelor party and the baptism, many once-bubbly relationships fizzle like a neglected bottle of Champagne. The
good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. “People think the mate can wait,� Melnik says. Contrary to popular thinking, parents should remember that they are lovers first. Kaplan and Melnik advocate a practical eroticism that can be incorporated into daily life. Cell phones, for example, are good for more than just reminding your spouse to pick up more baby wipes; why not send a suggestive text message that gives your sweetie something to look forward to? Of course, love-making isn’t just about sex. The authors also share strategies for staying emotionally connected, like starting a book club for two, creating a spiritual corner for peaceful repose or establishing the 15-minute rule: after the kids are in bed, each person gets seven and a half minutes to talk and be listened to.
Make Love is about providing desperately needed wisdom in a culture sorely lacking it. As Kaplan explains, “We wrote this book so that nobody has to suffer like we did.�—J.D.
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19 BROADWAY NITECLUB
19 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 415.485.0375. Napa
DOWNTOWN JOE’S 902 Main St., Napa. 707.258.2337. Sonoma
HOPMONK TAVERN
230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.7300. HONORABLE MENTION TIE
MCNEAR’S MYSTIC THEATRE
23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
GALE’S CENTRAL CLUB
106 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.763.0118.
WOODHOUSE CHOCOLATE
234 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 415.924.7766. Napa
TRA VIGNE RESTAURANT
1050 Charter Oak Ave., St. Helena. 707.963.4444. Sonoma
MOSAIC RESTAURANT
6675 Front St., Forestville. 707.887.7503. HONORABLE MENTION
FARMHOUSE INN
7871 River Road, Forestville. 707.887.3300.
Marin
601 Murray Circle, Sausalito. 415.339.4767.
VILLAGIO INN & SPA
1367 Main St., St. Helena. 707.963.8413.
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110 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707.778.9888.
800 Hwy. 1, Bodega Bay. 707.875.2751.
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6988 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 707.829.1181.
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BEST BOUTIQUE HOTEL Marin
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555 Redwood Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.380.0400.
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831 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.4711.
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876 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 415.454.3315.
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Mermaids Spa
HONORABLE MENTION
649 Main St., St. Helena. 707.963.5803.
CALISTOGA FLORIST & GIFTS
1458 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.5200. Sonoma
CHALET FLORIST
311 Washington St., Petaluma. 707.762.7373.
MOUNT VIEW HOTEL & SPA 1457 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.9817.
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HOTEL LA ROSE
308 Wilson St., Santa Rosa. 707.579.3200. HONORABLE MENTION
HOTEL HEALDSBURG
25 Matheson St., Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.
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We sit on the bench, his arm over my shoulder, the sun shining down on our faces as we enjoy the view. The gleaming miner’s lettuce is thriving after the season’s torrential rains, and in the valley below, we can see downtown Petaluma, the bright colors of the lofts lining the river, the rolling green hills stretching so many miles across and the clouds floating languidly in the sky above it all. The bench shields us from other park-goers, out for hikes and frolics in Helen Putnam Regional Park. I turn to read the plaque embedded in the wood, expecting the normal dedication to some long-dead person who once enjoyed this view, just like us, and who now floats in oblivion. The engraving instead reads: “Here Donna Said Yes—January 31, 1993.� I am ecstatic. On the very bench where Donna’s unknown suitor got down on one knee and confessed eternal love, my honey
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The Year of the Metal Tiger is not a new hardcore hair band but rather the new year that began in early February, based on the traditional Chinese calendar. According to Chinese astrological forecasts, the year we currently find ourselves in will gradually be met with conflict, revolutionary uprising and many opportunities to test our strength. Big changes are strongly advised against—especially marriage. With chaos expected to reign in the manner it did last time we were banging our heads to the metal tiger in 1950 (McCarthyism, legalization of apartheid in South Africa, the Korean War, the Chinese invasion of Tibet and so on), it may be wise to plan any potential nuptials for 2011, the Year of the Rabbit, a much fluffier, softer and cuter year. As gold sales plummet drastically in China because of a large drop in engagement and wedding ring purchases, many obviously take the astrological omens seriously. Others are rescheduling their “I do’s� until same-gender marriages are legalized. Either way, 2010 is a perfect opportunity to think before taking that eternal leap.—D.B.
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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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come from, um, regular maintenance. For the party faithful, the Head O State comes in Democratic Blue, and for those with formerly valuable 401ks and depleted nest eggs, there’s Presidential Gold. Why wait for the invisible hand of the market to get you off, when the two-inch diameter Head O State is only $34.95? www.headostate.com. —K.M.
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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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Measuring a proud seven and a half inches, the Head O State dildo, made in President Barack Obama’s image, could be the most ambitious stimulus plan yet. It’s powered by the people—no batteries required—and unlike bank bailouts and automobile rescues, the Head O State is a package that everyone can get behind. Don’t approve of the president’s job? Well, screw him. Unsure about how to pay for rising medical costs? Don’t wait for Congress to pass a healthcare bill. Think preventative medicine, like the reduced stress and the enhanced immune function that
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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.
CLEMENTINE ECO-EVENTS
SENSUALITY SHOPPE 2371-A Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol. 707.829.3999.
101 Margo Lane, Petaluma. 707.290.6723.
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2332 Magowan Drive, Santa Rosa. 707.573.1103.
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Earth Camp Collective, the Sebastopol summer camp program that connects kids with nature and encourages playing in the dirt, has an ambitious plan for 2010. They want to raise $10,000 to pay for 50 local kids to attend the camp at Laguna Farm this summer. To
FAMILY make it happen, the group is planning several fundraising events, including a concert at the farm on May 22 with music by trans darlings Coyote Grace, and of course plenty of organic eats. But the most novel among the fundraising schemes is the community-recycling program. Here’s how it goes: The Earth Camp Collective has set up a CRV recycling center near Laguna Farm’s CSA barn. People coming out to the farm to pick up produce or commune with the “cosmic� chickens can donate their CRVrefundable bottles and cans with refunds attached, and Earth Camp will recycle the containers. The money from the containers will be used for scholarships. Easy, right? All this fundraising comes at a pivotal time
for Earth Camp. Regardless of the rotten economy, the program is growing, and this summer will include a one-week session for teens. The curriculum will still be built around regular Earth Camp themes of sustainability, interconnectedness and empowerment, but the curriculum will be more mature. Earth Camp cofounder Vanessa Eyen says that the camp is really all about creating change. “The reason we started this summer camp,� Eyen says, “is to provide experiences for children that teach them the skills they’ll need for a sustainable future.� And who doesn’t want a better future? At Laguna Farm, 1725 Cooper Road, Sebastopol. 707.824.1600.—K.M.
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Marin is a bastion of quality used baby gear, and, with a new burbler in the house, I have driven from the hills of Mill Valley to the tract homes of Novato scooping up great Craigslist finds to clothe her. But now, those searching for recycled top-of-the-line items in the nation’s wealthiest-per-capita county don’t have to comb through online listings from questionable sellers—not, at least, with San Rafael’s Outgrown and Fairfax’s Yeah Baby!, your reader’s picks to tie for best kids consignment shops in Marin. Both Yeah Baby! and Outgrown have the kinds of brands that Marinites have no problem spending mad bank on, using for two months and then discarding. Burberry for baby? You got it. They’ve both got a solid policy of only carrying clothes in good shape, and the prices are a burp of fresh air. If you’re looking to pick up some Ralph Lauren, Janie and Jack, Small Paul or Ollie Baby duds at Circo™ by Target prices—plus a selection of maternity clothes and toys—Outgrown and Yeah Baby are the spots.—G.M.
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849 Jackson St., Napa. 707.226.5867.
849 Jackson St., Napa. 707.255.1500.
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557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 415.339.3900.
PB&J’S
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PUMP IT UP
1458 Roman Drive, Rohnert Park. 707.481.1604.
ROCKZILLA Sonoma
REDWOOD EMPIRE GYMNASTICS
434 Payran St., Petaluma. 707.763.5010. HONORABLE MENTION
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514 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.5533.
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1417 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.2219.
MUD PUDDLES
1443-B Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.5925.
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108 Kentucky St., Petaluma.707.775.3239.
HELLER’S FOR CHILDREN
514 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.5533. Napa
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TOY B VILLE
1343 Main St., Napa. 707.253.1024.
1443-B Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.5925.
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THE TOYWORKS
www.sonomatoyworks.com.
200 S. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.824.0940.
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90 Sycamore Lane, Petaluma. 707.765.1993.
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190 Northgate One Shopping Center, San Rafael. 415.499.0739.
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1040 Main St., Napa. 707.257.7700.
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A CHILD’S DELIGHT
5221 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera. 415.927.5900.
406 Maher St., Napa. 707.255.0950.
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MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
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15 Charles St., Cotati. 707.794.1215.
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TOAST CAFE
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Napa
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641 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.579.2165.
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www.nbsportscity.com
31 Sunnyside Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.2500.
1757 Tanen St., Napa.707.257.3657.
200 S. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.824.0940.
3358-A Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.563.1608.
SPORTS CITY
1830 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 415.459.4493.
4 KIDS’ SAKE
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VERTEX CLIMBING CENTER
WEE THREE CHILDREN’S STORE
1007 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.525.9333.
THE LITTLE GOURMET Sonoma
MARY’S PIZZA SHACK www.maryspizzashack.com HONORABLE MENTION TIE
VELASCO’S NORTH OF THE BORDER
190 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707.773.0882.
PASTA BELLA
796 Gravenstein Ave., Sebastopol. 707.824.8191.
BEST IMAGINATION CENTER Marin
BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 415.339.3900.
JUSTIN-SIENA HIGH SCHOOL
1343 Spring St., St. Helena. 707.963.1527. Sonoma
SUMMERFIELD WALDORF SCHOOL
655 Willowside Road, Santa Rosa. 707.823.1658. HONORABLE MENTION
SONOMA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. 707.284.3200.
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DANCE PALACE
503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station. 415.663.1075. Napa
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NIMBUS ARTS
1785 Tanen St., Napa. 707.259.1559.
3111 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. 707.963.5278.
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6826 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol. 707.823.5432.
Howarth Park, Santa Rosa. 707.542.3282.
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FERNANDO ULLOA, MD 711 D St., San Rafael. 415.454.4100.
1435 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.4112.
11 Trancas St., Ste. 270, Napa. 707.963.0171.
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BEST DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY
171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato. 415.506.6263.
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1312 Main St., St. Helena. 707.967.9935. Sonoma FIRST PLACE TIE
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2404 Olivet Road, Santa Rosa. 707.542.2066.
49 Enterprise Court, Napa. 707.258.2020.
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www.BayKidsMuseum.org
5345 Hwy. 12, Santa Rosa. 707.542.0882.
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68 Coombs St., Napa. 707.253.8666.
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218 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo. 415.485.1158.
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707.257.7700
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2205-A Main St., Napa. 707.254.7877.
2404 Olivet Road, Santa Rosa. 707.542.2066.
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401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa. 707.393.4044.
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2120 Bluebell Drive, Santa Rosa. 707.546.2267.
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1111 College Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.545.9622.
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GIVE YOUR DOG A BONE
170 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707.762.0364.
BEST ANIMAL SHELTER Marin
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171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato. 415.506.6263. Napa
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942 Hartle Court, Napa. 707.253.4382.
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The 3 o’clock bell has rung. Where are your kids? Parents wait for the check-in, those texts or phone calls that let them know where to find their offspring. Try Main Street in Sebastopol, at the small white Victorian that is home to the Ceres Community Project. In the well-organized kitchen, a half-dozen teens from schools throughout Sonoma County annually create and package thousands of healthy, gourmet meals for people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Under the tutelage of professional chefs and nutritionists, volunteers learn basic cooking skills, nutritional information and how to work together as a team. From recipe to cleanup, students discover what making a healthy meal entails. But even more importantly, they learn the value of giving to individuals, the community and ultimately, themselves. The hands-on experience also counts as credits toward community service, a necessary part of college applications, and as a reference for job applications. And hopefully, they’ll bring those cooking skills home, and give mom or dad a break in the kitchen. 330 S. Main St., Sebastopol. Contact volunteer coordinator Margaret Howe, 707.829.5833, ext. 2.—S.D.
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5345 Hwy. 12, Santa Rosa. 707.542.0882.
21 W. Seventh St., Santa Rosa. 707.545.0721.
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WINE COUNTRY PET RESORT
1199 Cuttings Wharf Road, Napa. 707.252.7877. Sonoma
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860 Lindberg Lane, Petaluma. 707.769.7387.
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909 D St., San Rafael. 415.459.4080. 254 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.381.4100.
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1700 Yajome St., Napa. 707.252.0316.
245 N. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.823.1491.
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1007A W.College Avenue, Santa Rosa 707 525-9333 weethreechildrensstore.com
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4140 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael. 415.499.8387.
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Real men know how to change a flat tire. Real men can defend themselves, sometimes with martial arts. Real men can even be nancy boys, and turn a derogatory term on its head. In a 1930s-era building on a busy Sebastopol street, real men have done all three. Originally a tire store and automotive shop, this unassuming white garage was converted to a karate studio in the ’70s, and last September was artfully transformed into Nancy Boy, a body, bath and home products store.
(right). “He wanted to radicalize and tweak the expression, and make it a playful kind of thing instead of it being a derogatory term.� Not long after the business launched, Queer Eye premiered on TV, bolstering the company’s basic premise. “Who better to help with your grooming than gay people?� Richards laughs. Started as an online business in 2001, Nancy Boy originally offered about a half-dozen personal-care products made in Berkeley. In addition to the website, the business now offers dozens of products in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley and at the new West County location. Richards and Roos feel they have the best of both worlds. “It’s a great place for us to get a lot of exposure and get people talking,� Richards says. “The more people come into the store to try our products or the more they learn about us from friends or relatives, the better for us.� The business boasts a shaving cream that has spawned blogs and devotees, as well as shampoos, lotions and potions, many in their signature lavender with rosemary and
peppermint scent. Most contain olive oil, essential oils and other high-quality, natural ingredients, all of which, the packaging boasts, are “Tested on Boyfriends—not Animals.� Although Richards had a previous career as vice-president at the Federal Reserve, his background in architecture and design led him to act as general manager of the remodel. Roos and Richards envision the glass and metal rollup garage doors open during warm weather, so they can spill out of the store and host community parties and events in the front patio and parking lot. “We are both very surprised how fast we’ve met people we like, and we’re pretty picky!� Richards says. “Ninety-five percent of the people who have come in here are so warm and welcoming. So the fact that we would move here and create this crazy thing, where people don’t even know what it is, and then have people embrace it is just a great feeling.� 7773 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. 707.823.5431.—S.D.
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The revolution may not be televised, but it will be screened at local venues for a modest donation, thanks to Transition Sebastopol. The grassroots group is at the forefront of an environmental movement that has been rapidly gaining popularity in the States. They show environmentaland food-themed movies, network with local transportation and environmental groups, and work to increase small-scale local food production, all with the aim of creating a more livable future. Transition Sebastopol’s cofounder Scott McKeown calls it a bottom-up grassroots movement. It’s trying to change almost every aspect of the community, from the economy to the way we care for elderly people, with the momentum coming from local communities, not government. In 2008, Sebastopol was the ninth such transition town in the United States (Cotati was the fourth), but less than two years later there are more than 60 across the country. McKeown said that the group actually represents much of the West County, including Occidental and Forestville. Recently, the umbrella organization that promotes transition towns around the country, Transitions US, opened its headquarters in Sebastopol, making the West County officially the best place in America to transition. McKeown says that with enough planning, people can transition into a future that may be climate changed, resource-depleted and oil scarce, but livable. The idea is that communities can relearn such skills as gardening and food preservation to become independent of large food chains that could fail or a monetary system that could falter under higher fuel prices.
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The group sometimes gets flack for being too idealistic—too Ecotopia, not enough Mad Max. But McKeown thinks the criticism is misguided. “The point is that we can transition into a future that’s better and more community-based,” he says. “It’s all about building local resilience.” Transition Sebastopol shows movies at the French Garden in Sebastopol on the last Wednesday of every month. www.transitionsebastopol.org.—K.M.
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I’d had this dresser since college, back when anything that wasn’t plastic was considered a “nice” piece. All it needed was a few coats of paint in a color vibrant enough to hide the nicks and scratches from a decade of moving. Paint may cover a multitude of sins, but its toxicity and cost often kept me rooting through my sticker collection, another throw-back to college-era decor. And then I discovered the ReStore, where I found a high-quality nontoxic
quart of paint for just $2. The ReStore is an inspiring example of a sustainable communitybased business. People donate their gently used homebuilding, remodeling and landscaping materials, instead of paying dumping fees and deepening the landfill. These donations, the ReStore likes to say, “helps those in need twice,” because 100 percent of the proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity, a volunteer-based organization that has provided homes to those in need since 1976. The ReStore’s inventory includes doors, windows, cabinets, appliances, plumbing, flooring and all manner of supplies for 50 to 75 percent below retail price. Doit-yourself home improvement was
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Want to buy an emu? A longhaired rabbit? A couple tons of horse manure? The remarkably entertaining and surprise-packed chalkboard in front of Sebastopol’s Frizelle-Enos Co. store is where sellers and buyers of all kinds of domestic and barnyard animals can scribble their desires for various expendable creatures. A free community service provided by Frizelle-Enos for over 15 years, the enormous board is like a low-tech personal ad for critters. Asked to name the strangest thing recently posted on the board, one employee mentioned a handwritten ad requesting healthy hens so someone’s rooster “could have sex.” Most commonly, the board offers homes for dogs, cats, parrots and horses, or desperate pleas for the return of lost pets. Not everyone who drops in to study the board is looking for an animal, however. With a simple installation as occasionally weird as this one, most people just stop by to be entertained. 265 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 707.823.6404.—D.T.
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ACCIDENTALLY SPEND ON YOURSELF Fleurtique is crammed between a pizza shack and the Swiss Hotel on the Sonoma Plaza, but it might as well be in Paris. Owner Sara Coble has an eye for trend pieces that fuse Euro chic sophistication with bohemian California casual, purveying the sort of gift items I always have trouble actually parting with. This sliver of a boutique houses an impressive selection of clothing and accessories, despite its size. There’s a diverse range of pajama choices, from matching flannel to silky slips to cotton boy shorts, and the sparkling chandelier
earrings, delicate charm necklaces, jersey dresses and funky rain boots mean that the only thing easier than finding a gift for a friend is finding a gift for oneself. Coble also stocks work by local artists, including her own range of playful T-shirts and tank tops that say things like “Eiffel Cute” and “Olive You.” 14 W. Spain St., Sonoma. 707.933.1430.—R.M.
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The Santa Rosa Free Clinic began as an attempt to provide no-cost, accessible healthcare for the homeless population gathered at the Catholic Charities Family Support Center. Struggling to increase hours of operation from one day to two days with a staff composed almost entirely of volunteer nurses, doctors, mental-health professionals and eligibility workers, Santa Rosa Free Clinic’s clientele now includes housed, underinsured and even employed patients. With funding from the California Mental Health Services Act and Southwest Community Health Center, the drop-in clinic serves as the only primary care and psychiatric support for a growing number of North Bay residents, regardless of the residency and income requirements that so many clinics enforce. The clinic, though usually filled to capacity most days, maintains an atmosphere of professionalism and compassion and is now accepting Medi-Cal and other government-funded healthcare programs. Open Mondays and Wednesdays at 9am. And if you don’t need it, make a donation! 465 A St., Santa Rosa. 707.546.6479.—D.B.
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Bigger is not always better, as Perry’s Art Supply proves. How many times have you been inside a big-box “arts and crafts” store, dumbstruck at the lack of customer service? Where fake flowers outnumber gouache watercolors? Where finding someone who knows the best adhesives and acrylics is all but impossible? Perry’s is your readers pick for best art-supply store in Marin, and it’s certainly not for size. The small space houses a staggering selection of art supplies, though, and even more importantly, a wealth of product knowledge and customer service. Where other stores might not much care that you’re shopping there, let alone allow themselves to be interested in your art project, Perry himself takes a personal investment in the customer’s specific needs and has a host of hard-to-find supplies to fit the bill.—G.M.
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Kelley Rajala, director of Sonoma County GoLocal, has been dreaming up the concept of the Share Exchange for the past seven years. Rajala envisions a center for sustainability, neighborhood-scale economic developments and a place to celebrate Sonoma County’s DIY inclinations. Slated to be a physical space in downtown Santa Rosa, with a projected opening date of Sept. 1, 2010, the Share Exchange will be a place where locally owned businesses and projects can work together sharing resources, time and space. With a growing network of people like designer Robin Stefani, Rajala’s dream is that much closer to becoming reality. “The state of the economy is part of the reason why we feel now is the time to make this happen. These ideas have been floating around in the sustainability community for a while,” Stefani says. “There have been different micro-versions. Now there is enough momentum to create our own community’s version.” Based on the idea of creating “livability centers” in different spaces across communities, the current iteration of the Share Exchange came about when Rajala, a member of the Tool Lending Library Board, discovered that the founder needed to move the library out of his apartment and into a storefront. She drew up plans for a building that could house many local businesses and projects that are focused on repairing, reuse and recycling, along with skill-building, time-banking and the incubation of micro-scale enterprise. “It is about collaboration and partnering with existing groups and businesses. There is so much going on here,” Rajala says. “So many groups that are interested in local food, and local energy and greenhouse-gas reduction that instead of us doing all that, we provide a place for them to come and get the word out to the public.”
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Rajala and Stefani are ready to embark on some serious community mapping, in order to pinpoint exactly what the community might need, as they apply for funding and increased support for the project. “Now is a time to look at things outside of the box and figure out what we are going to do about the current situation,” Stefani says. “The past economic model—consumerism and working 9 to 5—failed us as a system and did not provide us with an opportunity to do meaningful work. There are so many resources here: trade sharing, business incubation, classes. The new economic model is about empowering people to do meaningful work.” Contact them via Facebook at Share Exchange.—L.C.
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Walking down Center Street, just off Healdsburg’s tony town square, a sign etched into an inconspicuous door front caught my eye. “Cosmic Cowgirls, Ink,� it read. “Transforming Lives into Legends.� Another sign reads: “Being legendary is not about being famous or respected.� So what exactly do the Cowgirls believe a legend is? Taking the bull by the horns, I call and reach Mary MacDonald, director of Cosmic Cowgirls, a publishing and production house for women and girls. “We are all legends,� MacDonald says, “and we honor all lives and voices.� Founded in 2006 by the Rev. Shiloh Sophia McCloud (above), a visionary writer, artist and teacher, Cosmic Cowgirls seeks to empower women of all ages through creative workshops, offered onsite and online. While exploring and sharing specific deep and thorny topics like the loss of a child, a cancer diagnosis or addiction and recovery, participants are guided toward personal transformation using art and writing as tools. The premise is that one woman’s suffering can be transformed into a healing process, or medicine, for another. The thoughts, writings and illustrations generated in Cowgirl classes are compiled, published and sold as healing journals for women. Currently there are seven journals in use by therapists working in women’s prisons, rehabilitation centers, women’s circles and with private clients. The Cosmic Cowgirls’ philosophy states that “life is much like a rodeo of the soul,� with circumstances ranging between a slow walk and hanging on to a bucking bronco. But the collective aims to make the best of whatever life has to offer, transforming what could be a pile of manure into a legendary garden. “The conversations sparked between cowgirls are irreverent and reverent at the same time,� MacDonald says. “We celebrate creativity and love while having fun and creating together for the benefit of women and girls.� Cosmic Cowgirls has a nationwide membership, and is open to women and girls. A Cosmic Cowboys group for boys is currently in the development phase. In addition to creative workshops, the group hosts productions and events, and recently brought author Alice Walker to the Raven Theater. Maybe it’s time to pull on some boots, hop in the saddle and start living a legendary life. 401 Center St., Ste. D, Healdsburg. 707.431.7827.—S.D.
Paperbacks Unlimited is a far cry from the slick and impersonal corporate template favored by bigbox bookstores. This store feels like your grandmother’s cozy den, with soft carpeting, handmade artwork, well-organized wood shelves all built by owner Howard Brown and Booker, the resident kitty (Brown fondly says the cat “owns the place�). With an inventory of over 80,000 books— the largest selection of used books in the county—in categories ranging from medical thrillers to paranormal romance to an evergrowing audio book selection,
Paperbacks Unlimited is likely to have what you are looking for. Want to be sure? Go to their website for a breakdown of the most popular authors by category. Books sell for about half the original publisher’s price, and in the spirit of reducing and reusing, you can trade your paperbacks for store credit, which can be applied to 70 percent of your purchase. Keep an eye out for the list of all Pulitzer Prize winners in fiction and, even better, the shrine to Danielle Steel. 4625 Hwy. 12, Santa Rosa. 707.539.8102.—J.D.
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With an unbeatable selection of roses, peonies, bulbs, hanging baskets and iron trellises, King’s also excels in the usual springtime acquisitions. Throw the fertilizer, potting soil, vegetable plants and herbs on one of their flatbed wagons, and a backyard garden is just a couple of dirt-covered arms away. And for the clueless husband buying rose bushes for his wife on their first anniversary, the staff will be happy to offer tips on digging, planting and proper fertilizing. The business goes back to the 1800s, when George F. King started King’s as a grocery store. Four generations later, after an 1896 move to the present location and a jettisoning of milk and eggs, it’s been passed down to current owner Fred King. And the constant presence of women providing customer service and tending to the plants is a nice touch, and far more welcoming for most than the beefy guy at Home Depot spraying chemicals on the petunias.—G.M.
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Even the most well-planned vacation brings its own last-minute panic. We had been looking for firewood like crazy and simply couldn’t track it down anywhere—drug stores, grocery stores, hardware stores. Where in the godforsaken can we get some firewood? Finally, while in the agonizing process of surrendering to a half-baked supermarket Duraflame solution, a woman eating at the tables in front of Pearson & Co. overheard our dilemma. “You need firewood?” she asked. “I’ve got some firewood up at my house that you could have.” A total stranger, she drew us a map to her house up on the hill, explained how to get through the wooden gate and into the backyard, and told us to take as much wood as we wanted! Our vacation was saved, thanks to the kindness of humanity! Amazing! 2759 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.541.3868.—G.M.
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TO FIND THAT HEEZYWHATSIT YOU NEED FOR THE DOOHICKEY THAT’S REALLY OLD UNDERNEATH THE WHATCHAMCALIT IN YOUR HOUSE Break a bronze hinge on your redwood cupboards? Need to match a doorknob from 1946? Saddled with a “charming early-century” fixer-upper that you bought at the height of the housing boom for the bargain price of $575,000 plus a lifetime of repairs? Ray’s Trading Co. on Gravenstein Highway most likely has what you need. And even if you don’t own an old house, tricking out your bicycle with cast-iron stars or finding an old
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rusted tiger statuette to use as a hood ornament on your 1985 Tercel is now within your grasp, thanks to Ray’s many bins of random weirdness. On a drive through West County, it’s always worth a stop, if only to gawk at the way houses once had iceboxes, double-hung windows, clawfoot tubs, milk jugs and radiators. Rarely can the average trinket lover leave without a little brown bag of $4 old-timey knickknacks. 3570 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol. 707.829.9726.—G.M.
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Aw shucks, is it too late already? Remember when critics of “three lanes all the way” warned that the expansion of Highway 101 would merely invite future slow-downs? They were right, and the future sure arrived fast. That’s because the new lane is designated an HOV, or carpool, lane. At exactly the time of day when extra capacity is needed most, it’s used least. This is what drivers endured months of delays and torn up roadways for, and residents, sleepless nights of construction noise? A carpool lane? A carpool lane in the context of North Bay driving habits is, for better or worse . . . what’s the word? Bullshit. Dangerous bullshit. Picture this: two lanes slowed or at a stop, while a few cars zip by in the left HOV lane and right merge lanes at speeds out of balance and nonconducive to merging but ripe for accidents. The only drivers in the carpool lane are (1) scofflaws; (2) scofflaws with tinted windows; and (3) people driving their kids. All 1970s-style gas rationing, virtuous-citizen environmentalism aside, the end of the story is that everybody paid for it, and at key hours of the day, it doesn’t adequately do the one simple job it’s meant to do: move traffic. The train is looking better all the time, but where is it? Until then, find me fuming in the right lane.—J.K.
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1027 Pope St., St Helena. 707.963.3190.
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Pity the poor infant. Look sadly down upon the mewling babe and give a weary shake. Let its parents shower lavish allowances down on its sweet scented head and still, he or she will never know the pure skinflint pleasure of laying down a dime and receiving the magical spectre of a single piece of candy in return. Try tenderness for the tiny toddler, chubby and unsteady by foot, for that child won’t be able to buy a birthday card for Mommy, forced to download the art instead. Have mercy for the spotted teen without skateboard magazines and nowhere to taste the temptation of slipping an issue of NYLON quietly under a jacket. Save a tear for the sad, lonely ones who browse pornography in public, the erudite ones who actually enjoy reading Harper’s, the Q&A addicts of Playboy, the bitches who berate Bust. Find the humility and woe that lurks in all human hearts when Sawyer’s News, a card shop, news stand, candy store and tobacconist housing Centro, one of the North Bay’s finest coffee stands, closes in May. Pity, in fact, every single one of us, young and old alike. 733 Fourth St. Santa Rosa. 707.542.1311.—G.G.
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SHINE LIGHT ON THE SHADOW SELF Therapy used to be one of those things, like a car’s leather interior, reserved only for the wealthy. But thanks to places like the Lomi Psychotherapy Clinic, which has provided low-cost counseling in Santa Rosa for over 20 years, everyone can partake in the ancient ritual of baring one’s psyche to another. Providing over 7,000 hours of therapy last year, Lomi is committed to serving a wide swath of people with a sliding-scale fee system based on household income. In
direct contrast to the cold clinical clichĂŠ of the remote analyst, Lomi’s extensive array of healing modalities are more likely to involve soft lighting and soothing fountains, meditation and support groups. Their approach is one of somatic therapy, a holistic integration of mind, body and spirit which invites us big-brained analytical creatures to reconnect with the innate wisdom of the body. In addition to psychotherapy services, the Lomi School provides internships for therapists to work on their doctoral clinical training. Lomi is a den of serenity and compassion, a reminder that even in tough economic times everyone deserves the opportunity to heed the advice of Socrates, “Know thyself.â€? 534 B St., Santa Rosa. 707.579.0465.—J.D.
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Around the holidays, I wandered down to a local record store, looking for that perfect gift, only to get a slap of reality. The place was going out of business. After 30plus years, Cotati’s Backdoor Disc and Tape, a past winner in the Bohemian’s “Best Independent Record Store� category, was sadly closing its doors. Founded by Rick and Charlene Warne in 1979, Backdoor sold to a national chain in 2005, and the store changed, bringing used movies, clothing and a broad swath of cultural kitsch into its inventory. And then it failed. Obviously, I took advantage of the incredible deals liquidation has to offer. A month later, the store was nearly empty, the jazz, R&B and rock sections barren except for a full stack of Hall & Oates CDs. I passed them up in favor of a Muddy Waters disc I found hidden in the bottom of a poster box. I don’t know how they got rid of all of that Hall & Oates, but I was really sorry to see the store go.—S.D.
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664 Redwood Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.0440.
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She married. She toured. She grew experienced at accepting bouquets and depositing paychecks. In 1981, she sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and the next year, the soprano was named Dame Commander by Queen Elizabeth. However, just when it looked as if her fairy-tale story would carry her through life, her husband was found cheating and her financial manager discovered making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Such betrayals have only strengthened her diva resolve in recital, if recent reviews are any indicator. See Kiri Te Kanawa, the legend, in person on Saturday, March 20, at the Marin Center. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 8pm. $25–$95. 415.499.6800.
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Adopted as an infant in New Zealand to a modest household, the young Kiri Te Kanawa enjoyed a slow, steady rise to opera prominence. First winning her country’s prestigious Mobil Song Quest at age 21, she studied in London and made her stage debut as the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. She was a smash.
While it’s sadly not uncommon to see hip-hop artists onstage without a DJ, it’s downright maddening when they haven’t even bothered to record an instrumental track. Rapping over your own rapping? That’s lazy, unprofessional and cause for dismissal. Thankfully, there’s a knee-jerk in the other direction with live hip-hop bands f lourishing, from the Roots in Philly to Heiruspecs in St. Paul to the Crown City Rockers in San Francisco. Quickly emerging as the North Bay’s most promising live hip-hop group, God’s Oddities boast a full band, on-point MCs inf luenced by the Rhymesayers oeuvre, and something all too rare in hip-hop: a girl. God’s Oddities songs can be introspective (“It’s Alright�), topical (“MySpace Girls�) or just plain party fodder (“RapSure�), but what they all have in common are loping beats and infectious hooks. Catch their style at the new club in town—which just last month announced it wouldn’t book hip-hop—on Friday, March 19, at Chrome Lotus. 501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 9:30pm. $1. www.chromelotussr.com.
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OPEN HOUSE REUNION April 9th
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THE 85’S
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The cathartic outsider metal of 25-year-old Jack Springs By Gabe Meline
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violated. But they’re not anymore. My rights. Were violated. But they’re. Not anymore. My rights were. Violated. But they’re not. Anymore. My rights were violated but. They’re not anymore.� Suddenly, Springs stopped playing, and Wickman stopped recording, befuddled. “We listened to the playback,� Wickman says, “and Jack was like, ‘Great! But it needs to be four minutes 37 seconds.’ I asked him, ‘Do you want to record it again, and make it that long?’ He said, ‘No. It has to be four minutes and 37 seconds.� Wickman looped the track with editing software so it was near the desired time, and the two listened again. The phrase “My rights were violated but they’re not anymore� repeated a total of 24 times. Springs was pleased. It was better than Metallica, he said. He recorded another song. This one had more lyrics. “These strings are strumming because he’s recording the Jack tracks,� Springs recited, over the same open guitar noise. “Oh Jack, oh Jack, I tried everything in the book but I did not understand ’em, so I came up with a little rhythm of my own and that’s why I call it the blues. And it’s very peaceful for your soul, Jack. And everyone listening to this song, I hope you will enjoy it. It sounds good to me. And when this song hits No. 1, this song is dedicated to James and a role model. And when this song hits No. 1, you will be hearing me real soon. And that is it for the day.� When Springs returned for more sessions, Wickman had an idea. Googling “death metal mp3s� to find copyright-free samples of garage metal bands, he again stitched a loop, and put Jack in front of the microphone. The ferocious, transformative backing tracks—coupled with a caffeine boost—ignited an expulsion of anger. “You are face to face with me!� Springs screamed. “You will pay for everything that you have done to me! So don’t give me any lip! And if you do, my nights will haunt you! For the rest of your life! And the wicked life you live will not set you free! And that is it! For the violated nights!� Springs put 13 of his songs on a CD-R, christened himself Jack Attack, called his album My Rights Have Been Violated and has since been giving copies away to anyone who asks. He’s since become a local cult figure. Word of mouth about his music is brimming underground, he’s often played on community radio, and he’s had one of his songs covered live. One fan even took on the task of printing Jack Attack T-shirts. “It’s just turning into something crazy,� says Wickman. Repeated themes abound in Springs’ lyrics—his rights being taken away, your heart and how it beats, his taking his rights back from you, the blues, trains, the virus in his head. Springs is 25, works for Old Adobe Developmental Services at G&G Supermarket in Santa Rosa, lives in a group home in Wikiup and has a Pink Floyd tattoo. He met me at Juice Shack after I found him at his work, and confirmed the bare emotion so evident in his music is not a put-on. “I was born with something called mental retardation, but more highfunctional. That’s one of my disorders. And I have ADHD, hyperactive disorder,� Springs says. “So I just took it on paper of how I
was treated growing up and the way people treated me, and translated it into feelings, into a masterpiece.� Springs grew up in Clearlake where he attended a special ed program, where other kids would shove his head in the toilet and flush it, play cruel practical jokes and try to fight him. Once, he was coerced into trying marijuana, got caught, was kicked out of school, and then got beaten up for telling the administration who supplied it. “It was very horrible,� Springs relates. “People bullied me, teased me, such as society. Instead of keeping that bottled up, I turned a negative into a positive, into music. And letting those things out in a positive way. It was just mainly everyone in the world was treating me like garbage.�
There is no impulse in his approach to be anything but real. Springs’ catharsis is evident in such Jack Attack songs as “Destruction of All Viruses,� where he growls a venomous warning of reclamation: “Now is the time for you to see my master. He will take your soul away from you now that I have all of my rights back. I will feel no more pain ever again.� Springs has no regular internet access and no MySpace page, but he does have a girlfriend, Annie, who lives in Sacramento and is supportive of his music. His mother lives there as well, but his dad is “in heaven.� (Springs, who has recently become a Christian, says, “I don’t want to go to hell. It’s not pleasant.�) Because his songs are musically rudimentary, the honesty in Springs’ voice and passion for his lyrics rises above the music. There is no impulse in his approach to be anything but real. Rarely is music so unaffected ever recorded and heard. I ask Springs how he’d react if people tried to make fun of his music. “It doesn’t matter to me because I don’t care what they think,� he says. “The important thing is, my music is a masterpiece. The way I put it together is the way I want to put it together.� Springs regrets that he was once “known as a loser,� but he’s found personal strength since he started recording. He continues to write new songs, and his goals include getting a record deal and playing live. Most importantly, he wants to show the people who mistreated him that he’s made something of his life. “If my rights weren’t violated, I wouldn’t be down this road,� he says. “I’m glad that they were, because I can let my feelings out in music. Sometimes, when people mistreat you, you can’t keep it bottled up. You have to release the pain.� Hear Jack Attack at Gabe Meline’s music blog, www.citysoundinertia.com.
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Wednesday ~ March 24, 2010 TOUGH TIMES THINKING STAYING POSITIVE IN A NEGATIVE WORLD With local Author & Speaker Steven Campbell
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Sonoma County resident Steven Campbell has spent the past 20+ years studying how the brain works. This past spring, he released his third book, Making Your Mind Magnificent: Flourishing at Any Age. He now leads a series of workshops and presentations throughout California based on the concepts in his book. Steven’s work can be boiled down to this simple, yet oh-so-hard-to-change idea: The Brain accepts what we tell it without question! Once we learn how to change the way we think (the emphasis of Steven’s workshop), we will literally change our lives in that very instant! Steven is a volunteer at DAAC, hosting on-going educational programs at the Perinatal and Turning Point Residential Programs TICKETS SOLD AT & SPONSORED BY: Rosewood Village 3080 Marlow Road Suite A–B Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa CopWatch First and third Tues at 7, discussion of police accountability and observation plus know-your-rights training. Free Mind Media, 546 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1605
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