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n the lawn in front of the mother-in-law unit where I live, the tumultuous winter rains have filled up a depression where a tree stump had been removed. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really enjoyed the way things sprang to life all around after the rains, the way a long dormant bush had suddenly come alive overnight with a hundred thin, woody fingers reaching out over my sidewalk, or the abrupt appearance of sturdy mushroom caps popping up through the wood chips. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve particularly enjoyed lying in bed listening to the happy guttural expositions of toads, imagining them gleefully loping beneath my windows in the dark.

Now in March, the tree stump hole has become a tiny little pond with green things growing from its center.

About two weeks ago, I lay down on my stomach in the grass to peer down into it.

Little water-skimming insects glided along the still surface; a black spider skittered around the edge, watching them hungrily.

Then something else caught my eyeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tiny tadpoles wriggling in the murky water. They darted away when I moved, but as I lay there, perfectly still, they reappeared, flitting nearer to the surface to breathe. I was transfixed, overjoyed that my late-night serenaders had chosen my backyard as a place to lay their eggs.

I wondered if I should scoop some of them up in a glass jar to keep as pets in my house, but decided against it in favor of watching the

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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babe,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;those are not tadpoles.â&#x20AC;?

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;wrigglers,â&#x20AC;? and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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March 3). Alas, inserting vodka into an otherwise fine martini glass has evidently become so fashionable that even our media outlets are allowing this rampant deterioration to the sanctity of our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest libation.

A martini is composed of gin and dry vermouth.

Period. All other pestilential swill of vodka, or cranberry juice, or lawnmower oil masquerading as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;martiniâ&#x20AC;? is an offense against piety and should be viewed as a microcosm of our crumbling American goodwill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to be, of course, a vodka martini,â&#x20AC;? the writer boasts in the same ignoble manner that mentally stifled men might declare that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spiro Agnew was a national treasureâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women adore a husband who beats the children.â&#x20AC;? He goes on to insult the great spirit by association, in decreeing that gin â&#x20AC;&#x153;just makes a burger taste weird.â&#x20AC;? Had his brain tissue been not

knackered with the pitiful poison of the potato he might see facts.

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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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;silver liningâ&#x20AC;? in devaluing your field.

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Cinemascope. Since on the next two Sundays theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re featuring Camelot (Cinemascope) and Ben-Hur (Ultra Panavision), I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d warn any film buffs out there not to waste their $6 and time.

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Perhaps it is about schools or libraries or closing parks?

Nah. The problem is single mothers with a couple of children who are on welfare. Megâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solution is to limit the time that they can be on welfare from five to two years. There you have it folks, the Republican level of consciousness.

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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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paint chips,â&#x20AC;? pronounces University of California assistant researcher Myra Finkelstein, the woman behind the camera, now watching the video on her home PC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lead-based paint chips cover the ground in a lot of places. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real easy for the young birds to ingest them.â&#x20AC;?

Soon the chick will be dead. The debilitating neurological disease â&#x20AC;&#x153;droopwingâ&#x20AC;? has already sickened its brain

and left its wings paralyzed. If the disease itself doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kill it, infected wounds from broken wings or starvation once its parents migrate most certainly will. For Finkelstein, the birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plight isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an isolated incident but a familiar scene sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Myraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research showed that up to 10,000 chicks are dying on Midway every year,â&#x20AC;? 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 Hawaiiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Land and Natural Resources on Feb. 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not acceptable. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re filing suit to start an immediate cleanup of the contamination on Midway so that thousands more birds donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t die from lead poisoning. USFWS has stood by, while there is an immediate solution to the problem: clean up the paint.â&#x20AC;?

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appy St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Erin go braugh and all that, with one minor exception.

Drinking some emerald-colored beer down at the pub? Enjoying the trivial hoopla over the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first leprechaun museum just opened in Dublin last week?

Excuse me if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rush over (as in over the ocean, where someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bonnie lies).

Frankly, leprechaunsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;short and prunish elderly guys who play pranks on humansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are not interesting to me except for the gold they guard and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wish to share.

If those diminutive hoarders would only sponsor a contest and give away the gold to people with the best ecoinnovations, I might see them with more interest.

But they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just little guys who wear green but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think green.

Here in the North Bay, 5,000 miles from tight-fisted leprechauns, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different story. Here, genius innovators can dip into a pot of gold in return for good, green thinking.

Here those leprechaun-esque guarding behaviors are useful only when applied to natural resources.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why. Ever since Bill Moyers explained that we can do better for the earth by hugging an economist than hugging a tree, Birkenstocked fringe dwellers and wing-tipped bean counters joined hands in mutual delight, and a new era was born, one in which profitmaking and resource stewardship marry. For a decade now we have toasted the happy couple, the blessed union. Mazel tov!

Leaders in Sonoma Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyondâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have been advancing the new era for years. They are now looking at ways to change outdated pricing systems that presently use fiscal punishment and reward in counterproductive ways. For example, we are presently rewarded more for driving our cars and less for riding our bikesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;relatively cheap gas and lots of parking for cars, but few safe paths on which to ride out bikes, and even fewer safe and convenient bike racks. Have any great ideas to turn this around? Those great ideas might be worth cash if enough people like them. The best ideas will be decided by vote.

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 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16, where eco-innovators will gather. This is the doing of the Institute at the Golden Gate whose mission is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;connect, collaborate, inspire and actâ&#x20AC;? on behalf of the environment.

One conference innovator, David de Rothschild, plans to participate via satellite from his Plastiki catamaranâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;made entirely of used plastic bottlesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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 Prizeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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 doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 performancesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 towerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back to Rapunzel, no longer pining alone in the tower.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;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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With the collapse of New Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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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 collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna change this two-bit town. Watch out!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I put that up there and then I was, like, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really ambitious thing to say. Shoot, now we really have to do it,â&#x20AC;? 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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;L.C.

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OF PICKLED LIZARDS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warning: cherubic youngsters and those of the fairer sex and faint of heart may wish to avert their unworldly gaze from certain displays.â&#x20AC;? With that advisory, the general public is enjoined to peruse sideshows and curiosities at Santa Rosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great West End and Railroad Square Handcar Regatta, which turns the dusty no-manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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THE STAPLETON SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

118 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo.

415.454.5759.

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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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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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415.388.5200.

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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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;G.M.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been two years since the Bureau of Reclamation took over the seven resorts around Lake Berryessa, and no one, and I mean no one, thinks that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed the situation well. After two years of the resorts being closed, of extremely limited boat access and an onagain, bungled-again deal with the Arizona-based Pensus Group Holding Co., Berryessa businesses are beleaguered beyond belief with empty promises from those in charge and the dearth of tourism dollars. Or, as the six-foot-high, American-flag-topped sign in front of an area gas station states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No task or problem too small to boggle the minds of the Bureau of Reclamationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management staffâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for a change.â&#x20AC;?

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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 didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect was the impressive display showcasing Santa Rosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented teen artists. After admiring artist Mary Vaughanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 girlâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who I soon found out was the artist, 16-yearold Deanna Matthews of Elsie Allen High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blah blah blah.â&#x20AC;? 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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;J.D.

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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

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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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The blanket term â&#x20AC;&#x153;vision questâ&#x20AC;? 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 outsideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 creamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 Yosemiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To hell with it,â&#x20AC;? I thought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I am going to do this, I am doing it all of the way.â&#x20AC;? 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 worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;D.B.

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What makes Bennett Valley Golf Course your pick for best Sonoma County public golf course? It’s simple. In a sport that’s often seen as exclusive and stuffy, Bennett Valley is for the people. It’s not a hacker’s course, but neither is it an imposing, challenging beast. Like every good municipal course, Bennett Valley accommodates golfers of all ages and ability levels.

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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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We arrived at the outskirts of Riverfront Regional Park, and in the tradition of those seeking the best out-of-the-way swimming spots, parked precariously on the side of the road. We gathered our swimming accoutrements, and a dusty path opened up to a view of a large, gleaming blue pond surrounded by groves of redwood and pine. It seemed we had the whole place to ourselves. My friend told me how the last time sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been there a ranger lectured her when she attempted to swim in the pond, warning her of the danger from submerged objects in the depths below.

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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 dawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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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707.255.3509.

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850-A Fourth St., Santa Rosa.

707.526.3100.

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630 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa.

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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.

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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 Singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our level of quality and the attitude of the hospitality didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the mark,â&#x20AC;? Singer now says ruefully. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accomplish the degree of hospitality you need in a small community and declining economy. There was no margin of error.

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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 Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foreign Cinema. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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,â&#x20AC;? Singer says. Mentored by Pirit and Clark, Andrew Dovel is the attending chef, and Pizzavinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew is brand-new. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed to purge and rebirth ourselves in as fresh and energetic a way as possible,â&#x20AC;? Singer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a common denominator for people.â&#x20AC;?

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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a small community, you have to give people a reason to leave their homes and contribute to the sustainability,â&#x20AC;? Singer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need good food and service. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re no longer hearing the horrifying stories we did when we were the West County Grill. Places without high standards or ones that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be here. The numbers confirm that people see Pizzavino as a gathering spot, and appreciate what we offer.â&#x20AC;?

6948 Sebastopol Ave., on the Plaza, Sebastopol.

829.9500.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;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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415-662-2219 Take D St. to Point Reys-Petaluma Rd Left on Nicasio Valley Rd.

www.ranchonicasio.com

Grilled Australian Rosemary Leg of Lamb with mint jelly Roasted New York Sirloin with horseradish cream sauce Fresh Eggplant Parmesan ~ Penne Pesto Pomodoro Vegetable Tart ~ Roasted Fingerling Potatoes Wild Poached Coho Salmon with champagne beurre blanc Spring Vegetables grilled and roasted Nicasio’s Cow Track Ranch Red Merlot Lettuce Salad Farm Fresh Scrambled Eggs Potato Latkes with applesauce & sour cream Smoked Sockeye Salmon with bagels & cream cheese Buttermilk Pancakes Hickory Smoked Bacon & Applewood Sausage

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10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

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Veterans Building, Santa Rosa.

707.522.8629.

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415.893.1540.

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1764 Cooper Road, Sebastopol.

707.823.0823.

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55 Shasta Ave., Petaluma. 707.775.3663.

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645 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

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1426 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

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2444 Lomitas Ave., Santa Rosa.

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415.924.7478.

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101 E. Cotati Ave., Cotati.

707.795.3354.

3413 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.773.1271.

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6811 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol.

707.575.3277.

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PHYLLIS’ GIANT BURGERS

2202 Fourth St., San Rafael.

415.456.0866.

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1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

707.942.4101.

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MIKE’S AT THE CROSSROADS

7665 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati.

707.665.9999.

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REINVENTION FROM FRENCH (AND SPANISH) TO ITALIAN

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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MI PUEBLO

707.769.9066 108 Kentucky St, Petaluma ~ 707.762.8192 800 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma ~ 415.878.0122 905 Grant Ave, Novato ~ 415.460.1027 208 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo

www.realmexmipueblo.com

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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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1612 Terrace Way, Santa Rosa.

707.579.3663.

6902 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol.

707.823.5902.

CARMEN’S BURGER BAR

DEMPSEY’S RESTAURANT & BREWERY 50 E. Washington St., Petaluma.

707.765.9694.

BEST PIZZA Marin

LO COCO’S

631 Del Ganado Road, San Rafael.

415.472.3323.

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PLANET JUICE

343 Third St., San Rafael. 415.457.8115.

PICA PICA MAIZE KITCHEN

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JUICE SHACK

www.juiceshack.com Sonoma

MOMBO’S PIZZA

1886 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa.

707.528.3278.

OLD CHICAGO PIZZA

1217 Washington St Downtown Calistoga 707.942.1180 www.yoelrey.com

134 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.763.5252.

610 First St., Napa. 707.251.3757.

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LALA’S CREAMERY

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560 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Sebastopol.

707.823.7492.

Best Cafe & Coffee House

HONORABLE MENTION

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1414 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

707.942.9300.

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638 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

415.453.1238.

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41 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.763.3897.

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FAIRFAX SCOOP

63 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax.

415.453.3130.

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FRUIT IN MOTION

3 Fourth St., Petaluma. 707.776.4559.

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MARIN COFFEE ROASTERS

546 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

415.258.9549.

1551 S. Novato Blvd., Novato.

415.892.8373.

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YO EL REY ROASTING

1217 Washington St., Calistoga.

707.942.1180.

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SCOOPS & SWIRLS

1473 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

FLYING GOAT COFFEE

www.flyinggoatcoffee.com

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FLAGON OF WINE

You know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re of a fine old vintage if you remember when â&#x20AC;&#x153;that little old winemakerâ&#x20AC;? 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 wineryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier mascotâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;call him the little old wine imbiber. Back in the day when there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wines mellowed in redwood.â&#x20AC;? 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 todayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but wait, he has a twin! Look for him as the logo of Lago di Merlo Vineyards and, reportedly, on the tail of Merloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private jet.

26150 Asti Post Office Road, Cloverdale. 866.557.4970.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;J.K.

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FALUTINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s him youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see digging in the soil nearly every

day, his hat and beard keeping him warm through the chilly rains of spring. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;look like the arm of the Michelin manâ&#x20AC;? and are as crunchy as a water chestnut. For all his growing celebrity status, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still the dirt that Tucker digs. With a university degree in horticulture, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entirely down to earth. When heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not cultivating precious ingredients for the Laundryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $250 dinners, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pruning bushes and pulling weeds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also take care of the landscaping for all of the Keller properties,â&#x20AC;? he admits.

6640 Washington St., Yountville.

707.944.2380.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;C.S.

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Healdsburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sobered up), and has even been known to assist with making reservations at one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many fine restaurants. Full service! www.healdsburgtours.com.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;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.

HONORABLE MENTION TIE

Sonoma

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.

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BUCKEYE ROADHOUSE

15 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley.

415.331.2600.

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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.

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6675 Front St., Forestville. 707.887.7503.

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1585 Casa Buena Drive, Corte Madera.

415.924.2081.

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566 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

415.454.9840.

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EMMY LOU’S DINER

1429 W. Imola Ave., Napa. 707.224.0154.

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23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

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MICHAEL’S SOURDOUGH

3095 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael.

415.485.0964.

Sonoma

125 Keller St., Petaluma. 707.773.1143.

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707.829.8080.

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707.942.9777.

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707.823.7023.

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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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;have fun in a winey world.â&#x20AC;? 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;party armyâ&#x20AC;? on the road in its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roshambus,â&#x20AC;? 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 wineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;though some lingers on store shelves. And in its place, Roshambo Farms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was never someone who wanted to be a corporate job person,â&#x20AC;? Brilliant says while watching her chickens cavort in the coop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Signing interstate compliance is like a signature to the devil.â&#x20AC;? 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;the business of wine is not about small family farms; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about marketing,â&#x20AC;? she insists that the cult of Roshambo was no put-on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

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: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something I didâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; enjoy it!â&#x20AC;?

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While the Roshambus is idled, the paperwork never goes away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will probably be doing Roshambo Winery for the next year,â&#x20AC;? Brilliant sighs.

Meanwhile, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking out the lawns surrounding her house and planting more vegetables. Having planned this exit for a year, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big relief to finally get it out in the open.

For the â&#x20AC;&#x153;weird lettuces, Asian vegetables and herbsâ&#x20AC;? that Brilliant grows on Roshambo Farms, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently just one customer, San Francisco restaurant Weird Fish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to feel very connected to people who enjoy my end product,â&#x20AC;? Brilliant explains, allowing that her current project is not comparable to the scale of its earlier incarnation. The 100-acre propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remunerative Russian River Valley vineyards, of course, will not be ripped up in favor of arugula and frisĂŠe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to catch me,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;see what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing now.â&#x20AC;? www.roshambofarms.com.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;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

Thank you

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FIRST PLACE TIE

BOUCHON RESTAURANT

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

Please bring this ad to our Geyserville Tasting Room to receive a complimentary library wine tasting.

24625 Chianti Road Geyserville, CA 707.942.7082

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707-887-3300

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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

TO MEET THE GIRL OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL, BISEXUAL, TRANSGLORY DREAMS

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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HIMALAYAN GRILL & CURRY HOUSE 707.527.1575 2484 W 3rd St, Santa Rosa 707.775.4717 220 Western Ave, Petaluma www.himalayankabobandcurryhouse.com

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ARAM’S CAFE

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.

Napa

UBUNTU RESTAURANT

1140 Main St., Napa. 707.251.5656.

SLICE OF LIFE

HONORABLE MENTION

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.

BEST BREWPUB

BAY THAI CUISINE

Napa

Sonoma

SEA THAI BISTRO

2323 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa.

707.528.8333.

500 Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma.

707.766.6633.

HONORABLE MENTION TIE

JHANTHONG BANBUA

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.

HONORABLE MENTION

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Sonoma

800 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.762.8192.

BEST BREAKFAST

525 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.526.3939.

Sonoma

MI PUEBLO TAQUERIA

THANK YOU SONOMA COUNTY

THAI HOUSE

PACIFICO RESTAURANTE MEXICANO

1237 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

707.942.4400.

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CALISTOGA INN

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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BEST PLACE TO

GET INTO THE COLD

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

BEST GOPHER-GUT

WINE PAIRING

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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The white-aproned folks behind the counter at the busy Genova Deli don’t have time for dawdlers, and they’ll let you know it. If you’re not prepared to bark your order as soon as your number is called, you’ll get a glare, a sigh or possibly even that most humiliating sendoff of them all, an eye-roll. To be fair, it’s tough to order a sandwich here, when decisions begin with just the bread. There are 14 starchy choices, including sliced sourdough, wheat, light rye and marble rye; rolls run the gamut of hard sour, soft sour, sweet, wheat, seeded, onion or Dutch crunch as well as specialties like European, focaccia or croissant. Next, you need to decide on meats, from a list of 30, including head cheese and beef tongue. There are a halfdozen salads, as well as meatballs and 10 cheeses. Then there are the toppings, from a list of 16, like cranberry sauce or muffuletta.

It’s intimidating, perhaps, but good impetus to get you out of your sandwich rut. Baked ham and Swiss on rye, sure. But better yet, why not try something new, like peppered ham, fresh-made mozzarella and zingy marinated mushrooms on focaccia? Now that’s living! 1550 Trancas Street, Napa. 707.253.8686.—C.S.

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.

Thank You, Sonoma County!

Best New Restaurant Honorable Mention

Live Music

707-542-8868 400 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa

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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.

SANTA ROSA 1880 B. MENDOCINO AVE.

SEBASTOPOL 560 GRAVENSTEIN HWY. N.

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STARK’S STEAKHOUSE

SYRAH BISTRO

205 Fifth St., Santa Rosa.

707.568.4002.

BEST WINETASTING ROOM

THE FLATIRON

RICK’S WINE CELLAR

724 B St., San Rafael. 415.453.4318.

Marin

Napa

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.

Napa

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

BEST SYRAH MOUNT TAMALPAIS VINEYARDS Sonoma

ARNOT-ROBERTS

Sonoma

6450 First St., Forestville.

707.820.1383.

235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg.

707.431.9400.

HONORABLE MENTION

HONORABLE MENTION

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.

FULL SERVICE CATERING AVAILABLE 225 ALAMEDA DEL PRADO NOVATO,

BEST PINOT NOIR Napa

WHITEHALL LANE WINERY

MAIN DINING ROOM SEATS UP TO 100

CA 94949

PATIO SEATS UP TO 60

415.883.9125

TERRACE SEATS UP TO 75

WWW.WILDFOXRESTAURANT.COM

LONGBOARD VINEYARDS

Best Thai Best Restaurant R es t Thank T han you!

1563 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena.

707.963.9454.

“ S LOW- SMOK E D ” SOUTHERN B AR-B-Q

Sonoma

LA CREMA WINERY

(... A WOOD FIRE...NOT GAS!)

235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg.

707.431.9400.

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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 lovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wondering what place such sassy, scintillating activities have in your married life, you probably arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alone. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also time for you to pick up a copy of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Make Love Whenever Possible When Married with Children,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to a lack of preparation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;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,â&#x20AC;? Melnik says. Many people believe that sweet-smelling babies follow wedded bliss, instead of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ugly truthâ&#x20AC;? 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 doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be this way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People think the mate can wait,â&#x20AC;? 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 isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wrote this book so that nobody has to suffer like we did.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;J.D.

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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 againstâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;I doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? until same-gender marriages are legalized. Either way, 2010 is a perfect opportunity to think before taking that eternal leap.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;D.B.

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and I sit exactly 17 years later, on Jan. 31, 2010. It seems a sign, a bit of synchronicity that we are exactly where we are supposed to be on that Saturday afternoon.

Even the dog seems to be smiling as my love pulls me in for a deeper snuggle, happy in the universe, our own love confirmed by the alignment of time, space and one simple statement on a park bench.

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The best way to experience Tra Vigne is to park a few blocks away, walk over the creek bridge and along the railroad tracks to the restaurant.

After that, it’s through the front door and into a completely different, far more beautiful world, giving it your vote for Napa County’s best romantic dinner. The high-ceilinged dining area focuses on a lovely Old World bar, perfect for sitting at a table for two looking out over the courtyard and into each other’s eyes. Butternut squash ravioli for the vegetarian, New York steak in a Cabernet Sauvignon sauce for the meat-eater, chocolate tiramisu for both before the warmest, loveliest walk back to the car.—G.M.

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end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and we’d just finished. We’d put our clothes on, and were backing away up onto the road when we heard a big whomping sound.

Right where we’d been parking, this guy—I think it was a guy—had jumped off the bridge, had just crashed right into the sand. Bam! We found a pay phone and called the police, but we couldn’t get over how that body had fallen exactly where our car had been parked.

Me, I couldn’t stop thinking [this part said with clear and obvious pride in her voice] that if Jimmy hadn’t prematurely ejaculated, we’d both be dead now!”—D.T.

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When Mill Valley’s Bungalow 44 expanded its too-cozy dining room a few years ago, adding an enclosed adjoining tent of the type normally rented for parties, no one realized how cozy and elegant that “tent” would eventually become.

Warmed by a beautiful, big, oldfashioned brick fireplace, the room has become a hot-spot in more ways than one, as parades of kissing couples jockey for possession of the couch, romantically positioned right in front of the fireplace. When the weather is rainy and the downpour delicately pounds the canvas roof, there is no place safer or more exotically comfy than in front of that fire. 44 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley. 415.381.2500.—D.T.

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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.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it goes: The Earth Camp Collective has set up a CRV recycling center near Laguna Farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CSA barn. People coming out to the farm to pick up produce or commune with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cosmicâ&#x20AC;? 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason we started this summer camp,â&#x20AC;?

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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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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 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s, and last September was artfully transformed into Nancy Boy, a body, bath and home products store.

(right). â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wanted to radicalize and tweak the expression, and make it a playful kind of thing instead of it being a derogatory term.â&#x20AC;?

Not long after the business launched, Queer Eye premiered on TV, bolstering the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basic premise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who better to help with your grooming than gay people?â&#x20AC;? 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 Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hayes Valley and at the new West County location.

Richards and Roos feel they have the best of both worlds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place for us to get a lot of exposure and get people talking,â&#x20AC;? Richards says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tested on Boyfriendsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not Animals.â&#x20AC;?

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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are both very surprised how fast weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met people we like, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty picky!â&#x20AC;? Richards says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ninety-five percent of the people who have come in here are so warm and welcoming.

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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

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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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422 Wilson St., Santa Rosa.

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Walking down Center Street, just off Healdsburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tony town square, a sign etched into an inconspicuous door front caught my eye. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cosmic Cowgirls, Ink,â&#x20AC;? it read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transforming Lives into Legends.â&#x20AC;? Another sign reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being legendary is not about being famous or respected.â&#x20AC;? 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all legends,â&#x20AC;?

MacDonald says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we honor all lives and voices.â&#x20AC;? 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 womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prisons, rehabilitation centers, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circles and with private clients. The Cosmic Cowgirlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; philosophy states that â&#x20AC;&#x153;life is much like a rodeo of the soul,â&#x20AC;? 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The conversations sparked between cowgirls are irreverent and reverent at the same time,â&#x20AC;? MacDonald says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We celebrate creativity and love while having fun and creating together for the benefit of women and girls.â&#x20AC;?

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 itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;S.D.

Paperbacks Unlimited is a far cry from the slick and impersonal corporate template favored by bigbox bookstores. This store feels like your grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;owns the placeâ&#x20AC;?). With an inventory of over 80,000 booksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the largest selection of used books in the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 publisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;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!

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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.

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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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direct contrast to the cold clinical clichĂŠ of the remote analyst, Lomiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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, Cotatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Backdoor Disc and Tape, a past winner in the Bohemianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Independent Record Storeâ&#x20AC;? 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 donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how they got rid of all of that Hall & Oates, but I was really sorry to see the store go.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;S.D.

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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.

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Boot Heels & Barstools Pete Bernhard has a good, entrenched history in Sonoma County. While living at a famed Santa Rosa punk house, he played at weddings in Occidental and worked for neurotic junk hoarders in Forestville. Bernhardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time in the area coincided with his band, The Devil Makes Three, just getting off the ground, and we welcome him home whenever he digs his boot heels back into our sand. Of course, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than simple sentimentalism driving DM3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever-increasing fan base to rabidity. For every forsaken loner whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found strength in a folk song, for every crusty punk whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken up sewing and dreamed of moving to North Carolina, for every tattooed, whiskey-drinkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, jalopy-drivinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; iconoclast, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Devil Makes Three song to serve as lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme. Be there when Pete, Cooper and Lucia do their thing on Tuesday, March 23, at the Phoenix Theater.

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His Uke Is Heavy And so it began . . . A 30-year-old Hawaiian native with a ukulele filmed himself sitting on a rock playing a virtuosic, f lashy version of George Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;While My Guitar Gently Weeps,â&#x20AC;? posted it on YouTube, and the world watched in awe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never knew a ukulele could sound like that,â&#x20AC;? remarked just about everybody, and a career was born. With pioneering technique and dazzling arrangement skills, Jake Shimabukuro is the Art Tatum of the uke, keeping listenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ears shifting gears to wild cheers while his fourstringed peers languish in arrears. He is the No. 1 reason why ukulele sales have experienced a ridiculously steep rise since 2006â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the year of his viral-video phenomenonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with companies in both Brooklyn and California alike reporting

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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 countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestigious Mobil Song Quest at age 21, she studied in London and made her stage debut as the Countess in Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marriage of Figaro. She was a smash.

While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sadly not uncommon to see hip-hop artists onstage without a DJ, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downright maddening when they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even bothered to record an instrumental track.

Rapping over your own rapping?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lazy, unprofessional and cause for dismissal. Thankfully, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most promising live hip-hop group, Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oddities songs can be introspective (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alrightâ&#x20AC;?), topical (â&#x20AC;&#x153;MySpace Girlsâ&#x20AC;?) or just plain party fodder (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RapSureâ&#x20AC;?), but what they all have in common are loping beats and infectious hooks. Catch their style at the new club in townâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which just last month announced it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t book hip-hopâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on Friday, March 19, at Chrome Lotus. 501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa.

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8:30pm

TOM RIGNEY & FLAMBEAU

Cajun Orkestra 8:30pm

THE DAN & BARRY SHOW

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SEBASTOPOL COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER ALTAN - March 21st 7:30pm Premium tickets - $30; General tickets - $25 adv./$28 door

Save some energy for a post St. Patrick’s Day celebration with the world renowned crowd pleasers from Donegal, Ireland.

OPEN HOUSE REUNION  April 9th

Unplugged from Petty Theft & Revolver 5:00pm / In the Bar

Premium tickets - $20; General-$15 adv./$18 door Re-union concert w/Kevin Burke, Sandy Silva, Paul Kotapish & Mark Graham.

THE 85’S

All concerts at: Sebastopol Community Cultural Center

Rock & Pop From the 1980s 8:30pm Pre-CD Release Party!

VOLKER STRIFLER BAND

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8:30pm

THE SUN KINGS Apr 17 A Salute to the Beatles Sat

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Save the date for upcoming festivals and shows azz lovers can pick their jaws off the floor with the announcement of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival (June 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13), which delivers a rich lineup of vibrant jazz talent. Charlie Haden leads a group with Ravi Coltrane and Geri Allen; Jason Moran plays with Bill Frisell; and red-hot sensation Esperanza Spalding (above) returns.

Other names include George Cables, Dafnis Prieto, Pete Apfelbaum and more.

Purists be damned, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sonoma Jazz+ Festival (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;23) features headliners Crosby, Stills & Nash, Earth, Wind & Fire and Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes. Openers Lizz Wright, Poncho Sanchez and the Neville Brothers also appear. Hope for jazz springs obligatory when Costello will doubtless sing Charles Mingusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weird Nightmare.â&#x20AC;? . . . The Kate Wolf Festival (June 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27) has Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Greg Brown, Little Feat, David Grisman, the Waifs and many more up at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville. . . . The Harmony Festival (June 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13) has conďŹ rmed some initial performers, including Steel Pulse, Galactic, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, Dweezil Zappa, Jai Uttal, the Jazz MaďŹ a, the Expendables and Fishbone. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;very special headlinerâ&#x20AC;? will be announced this week.

While the Santa Rosa Symphony hosts Ute Lemper singing Kurt Weillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seven Deadly Sins (May 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10), the Wells Fargo Center bounces back from recent personnel shakeups with John Prine (April 11), David Spade (May 20), the Barenaked Ladies (May 25) and the still-fantastic Smokey Robinson (May 28). The cozy Napa Valley Opera House brings Elvis Costello playing a solo evening (April 8) as well as jazz guitar legend Pat Metheny (April 25) performing with an ensemble of animatronic instruments controlled by Methenyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guitar. Crazy!

The Sonoma County Blues Festival, long a staple of the Sonoma County Fair, moves to the Earle Baum Center (July 31), which already has headliners Dave Alvin and James McMurtry conďŹ rmed for its EarleFest in September. . . . Resurrected local favorites Victims Family play a free in-store to celebrate the re-release of White Bread Blues at the Last Record Store for Record Store Day (April 17). . . . Fret-tapping phenomenon Kaki King plays the Mystic Theatre (May 20) and Joan Jett rides the popularity wave of The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart by playing at the Sonoma-Marin Fair (June 25).

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By Gabe Meline

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inding great outsider music is a process of both keeping oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foot in the pool for unusual ripples and, more importantly, separating novelty from the sincere output of unique individuals.

Everybody has at one point sung a joke rap song, but how many have recorded an entire solo album capped with a four-minute death metal track listed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of My Rights Were Broken to Pieces and Now I Am Going to Take All My Rights Back from You and Then Your Heart Will Stop Beatingâ&#x20AC;??

Meet Jack Springs, the North Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Daniel Johnston or Wesley Willis, a completely untrained and unfettered musician carving out his own path.

I first heard about Springs from Jesse Wickman, a recording engineer at Atlas Studios who had no particular expectations when he took a call last year to book a studio date. When Springs arrived and declined to tune his electric guitar, however, Wickman knew this wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be another ordinary session. On the first take, to a start-stop rhythm of his own design, Springs strummed open strings and sang: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My rights were

violated. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not anymore. My rights.

Were violated. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re. Not anymore.

My rights were. Violated. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not.

Anymore. My rights were violated but.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not anymore.â&#x20AC;?

Suddenly, Springs stopped playing, and Wickman stopped recording, befuddled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We listened to the playback,â&#x20AC;? Wickman says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and Jack was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Great! But it needs to be four minutes 37 seconds.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I asked him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Do you want to record it again, and make it that long?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No. It has to be four minutes and 37 seconds.â&#x20AC;?

Wickman looped the track with editing software so it was near the desired time, and the two listened again. The phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;My rights were violated but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not anymoreâ&#x20AC;? 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These strings are strumming because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recording the Jack tracks,â&#x20AC;? Springs recited, over the same open guitar noise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh Jack, oh Jack, I tried everything in the book but I did not understand â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em, so I came up with a little rhythm of my own and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I call it the blues. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.â&#x20AC;?

When Springs returned for more sessions, Wickman had an idea. Googling â&#x20AC;&#x153;death metal mp3sâ&#x20AC;? 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 tracksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;coupled with a caffeine boostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ignited an expulsion of anger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are face to face with me!â&#x20AC;? Springs screamed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will pay for everything that you have done to me! So donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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!â&#x20AC;?

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. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s since become a local cult figure. Word of mouth about his music is brimming underground, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often played on community radio, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had one of his songs covered live. One fan even took on the task of printing Jack Attack T-shirts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just turning into something crazy,â&#x20AC;? says Wickman.

Repeated themes abound in Springsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lyricsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was born with something called mental retardation, but more highfunctional. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my disorders. And I have ADHD, hyperactive disorder,â&#x20AC;? Springs says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very horrible,â&#x20AC;? Springs relates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

There is no impulse in his approach to be anything but real.

Springsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; catharsis is evident in such Jack Attack songs as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Destruction of All Viruses,â&#x20AC;? where he growls a venomous warning of reclamation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;in heaven.â&#x20AC;?

(Springs, who has recently become a Christian, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go to hell. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not pleasant.â&#x20AC;?)

Because his songs are musically rudimentary, the honesty in Springsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d react if people tried to make fun of his music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter to me because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what they think,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The important thing is, my music is a masterpiece. The way I put it together is the way I want to put it together.â&#x20AC;?

Springs regrets that he was once â&#x20AC;&#x153;known as a loser,â&#x20AC;? but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made something of his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If my rights werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t violated, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be down this road,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that they were, because I can let my feelings out in music. Sometimes, when people mistreat you, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep it bottled up. You have to release the pain.â&#x20AC;?

Hear Jack Attack at Gabe Melineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music blog, www.citysoundinertia.com.

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Bestselling Frances Mayes has more to say about delights of Tuscan life semi-expat who splits her time between Northern California and Tuscany, author Frances Mayes literally wrote the book on picking up and moving to Italy. Her 1996 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun set the bar for European self-discovery memoirs and was adapted for a Diane Lane vehicle. Mayes has written a few more books about Italy since her first success, and this time sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back with Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life (Broadway Books; $25).

Every Day in Tuscany focuses on the day-to-day pleasures of Mayeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life abroad and reflects on the ways her life has changed since her original decision to restore a traditional Cortera villa 20 years ago. As in her previous writings, Mayes intermingles recipes with her narrative, exploring her expanding adoptive Italian identity through food. But while Mayesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; previous books have been driven by her grand search for selfknowledge, Every Day in Tuscany is far more grounded and her calm self-awareness is compelling in its own way. Mayes embraces her inner Italian with less frantic soul-searching and more emphasis on simple pleasures of Italian country life, from duck breast with artichoke to Renaissance art to the joys of garden dining.

Mayes hosts an evening meal dedicated to Every Day in Tuscany in conjunction with Book Passage on Tuesday, March 23, at the Left Bank Restaurant. 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 6:30pm. $125; includes meal, wine, tax, tip and signed copy of the book. 415.927.3331.

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