http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/ British/American perspective on local, organic food, wine, community, arts, education, farming, business and occasional politics from the gateway to Sonoma County's wine country, Petaluma, California en-US 2012-02-23T13:02:55-08:00 38.243734-122.69345SonomaCountryLifehttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/remember-your-first-job-a-youth-employment-workshops-just-the-ticket-for-todays-teens-looking-to-ent.html The Petaluma Youth Commision Jobs Workshop takes place Saturday March 3rd, 2012, from 1-4 pm at the Petaluma Community Center on McDowell Boulevard. Since a permit is required by all youth who accept job offers, a separate training program for...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/UjvRL5ThQx8" height="1" width="1"/> Community Education frances rivetti 2012-02-23T13:02:55-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/party-like-its-1982-petaluma-educational-foundations-celebratory-30th-anniversary-dine-dance-and-don.html Click here to reserve a table for dinner this Saturday, February 25th, 2012, in celebration of Petaluma Educational Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Join friends and neighbors as we fill one of our favorite downtown dining and dancing destinations for a delicious...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/uBh-irVPGqc" height="1" width="1"/> Community Education Food and Drink frances rivetti 2012-02-22T11:46:08-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/the-question-is-didya-downton.html Not only did I wake up this morning feeling blue that Series Two of blockbuster best of British tele in decades, Downton Abbey drew to a belated Christmas cracker of a close last night, I have to confess to spending...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/uTHtKFRg5ls" height="1" width="1"/> Anglophile Community Cultural Film frances rivetti 2012-02-20T20:32:45-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/the-bee-rays-in-concert-at-aqus-cafe-at-foundry-wharf-saturday-feb-25th-2012.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/sB7DOxZMeIY" height="1" width="1"/> Community Food and Drink frances rivetti 2012-02-20T10:27:42-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/farm-and-garden-phase-funded-for-casa-grande-high-schools-innovative-new-outdoor-learning-environmen.html One of the absolute best parts of working with Petaluma Educational Foundation at this time of year is to visit schools all around the city who have been awarded susbstantial Major Impact Grants. At a time when almost all news...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/YmxngqiO4t8" height="1" width="1"/> Community Cultural Education natural world frances rivetti 2012-02-16T14:13:16-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/classic-boy-house-moment.html Just had to share this snapshot taken yesterday afternoon at the kitchen table. Dom had taken a notion that I needed an update on the outstanding current condition of his adopted corn snake. He'd taken this particular specimen in, adding...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/ygXjDMhx1-A" height="1" width="1"/> Famiglia frances rivetti 2012-02-16T11:37:17-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/top-pick-for-belated-valentines-.html There's probably only one day of the week less preferable than a Tuesday upon which to celebrate Valentine's - and that's a Monday. Still, with a Monday, clever cupids are able to get ahead with cupcakes, roses and romance the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/Fyxhmv7chDw" height="1" width="1"/> Food and Drink frances rivetti 2012-02-15T11:29:09-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/artisan-cheese-festival-returns-for-6th-annual-spectacular-march-23rd-to-25th-2012.html Cheese lovers of the Western world, experts, gourmands and aficionados from farther afield are counting down the days on their calendars until they reconvene for the 6th Annual Artisan Cheese Festival, centered right here in our Southern Sonoma County cheese...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/8Iq-iE057Cc" height="1" width="1"/> Cultural Education Food and Drink Green natural world frances rivetti 2012-02-13T15:32:01-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/two-thousand-people-expected-to-link-hands-around-shollenberger-park-this-sunday.html This Sunday afternoon, Petalumans plan to celebrate Shollenberger Park with a "community constitutional" and aerial photography session with as many as 2,000 people participating in "Hands Around Shollenberger: A Valentine for Our Park". Visitors will be greeted at all three...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/B340Q2zcl6k" height="1" width="1"/> Community Green natural world frances rivetti 2012-02-10T13:30:48-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/02/petaluma-based-lagunitas-pils-makes-full-bodied-brew-pick-in-march-issue-of-martha-stewart-living.html It's starting to seem quite commonplace for a Petaluma handcrafted product to appear in the glossy pages of one of the country's most discerning lifestyle magazines. For Martha Stewart Living is no stranger to the quality wares of Sonoma County...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/O1Y53fTxLzs" height="1" width="1"/> Community Food and Drink frances rivetti 2012-02-09T16:42:14-08:00