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 2012-01-25T14:53:22-08:00 38.243734-122.69345SonomaCountryLifehttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/sneak-preview-tasting-of-petalumas-new-henhouse-brews.html Lagunitas is on fire with popularity as Petaluma's premium bewery and haven of 'hopitality', so now's just about the best timing for the all-local, new HenHouse Brewing Company start-up to enter the scene. Taste samplings were savored along with a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/nzGNvDtIOKU" height="1" width="1"/> Community Food and Drink frances rivetti 2012-01-25T14:53:22-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/phil-ochs-there-but-for-the-fortune-a-documentary-must-see-for-folk-music-politics-and-history-fans.html Captivating, historically rich and extremely moving - the 2011-released, feature-length documentary Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, charting the American artist/activisit, politcal/folk singer songwriter's prolific seven-album career makes for poignant viewing at the ouset of this present-time presidential election year....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/PF4MehwRDfU" height="1" width="1"/> Cultural Film Music frances rivetti 2012-01-21T17:43:40-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/classrooms-across-petaluma-receive-major-impact-grant-funding-for-high-tech-tools-thanks-to-petaluma.html It is nothing short of wonderful to witness the funding of substantial Major Impact grants, designed to transform the delivery of education here in the most innovative of classrooms in a variety of Petaluma area schools. Petaluma Educational Foundation's newly...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/5OlYvdnqyNw" height="1" width="1"/> Education frances rivetti 2012-01-19T16:23:31-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/send-a-sweet-missive-from-the-postage-service-available-now-at-paperwhite-petaluma.html Clever California-based design company The Postage Service has captured the colorful heritage of collectable postage stamps in its line of pre-paid-postal notecards that are now available for purchase at our favorite Petaluma card and stationery store, Paperwhite. A variety of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/CFxxntCnq6A" height="1" width="1"/> Shopping frances rivetti 2012-01-19T12:50:48-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/friends-of-shollenberger-rally-draws-hundreds.html For more information on the Friends of Shollenberger Stand Up for Your Wetlands campaign, click here<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/9wfq0eBn8Jw" height="1" width="1"/> Community Famiglia Green natural world frances rivetti 2012-01-16T17:39:35-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/stand-in-the-place-where-you-live-project-here-snapshots-now-on-display-at-aqus-cafe-.html What does it mean to live here in Petaluma, to work, grow, raise families, make art, music, coffee, a community? Project HERE sets out to illustrate the delightful and intriguing nuances behind the life and times that we're living in,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/qP0kg9XZfnw" height="1" width="1"/> Community Cultural frances rivetti 2012-01-14T09:56:30-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/petaluma-spirit-and-country-charm-the-perfect-ticket-for-30th-anniversary-pef-fundraising-gala-bash.html Petaluma Educational Foundation’s Fundraising Gala BASH SWAT team has pulled out the milk truck along with all the bells and whistles this new year to announce the new location for this year’s, special 30th Anniversary event. Packed to the rafters...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/A19iD8NLZww" height="1" width="1"/> Community Education frances rivetti 2012-01-12T13:53:57-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/catch-a-blind-pig-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks-with-simi-winerys-bottomless-new-jug-wine.html During prohibition, the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages was illegal. Yet as everyone knows, rules are made to be broken. “Speakeasies” began charging visitors an admittance fee to see an unusual attraction, such as a blind pig. This “attraction,”...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/i13mIj59HVI" height="1" width="1"/> A Few Words About Wine frances rivetti 2012-01-10T16:54:55-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/bargain-buys-for-old-blighty-home-decor.html Couldn't resist the snapshots, though I did think the Italian husband might think this a bit too much bias in the Anglo/Italian/American home! Fancy a bit of old Blighty decor in your place. Click here for where to buy these...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/L588J-spEHw" height="1" width="1"/> Shopping frances rivetti 2012-01-09T18:25:19-08:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2012/01/be-one-of-the-first-to-sample-petalumas-newest-ale-henhouse-brewing-company-pouring-saturday-at-ment.html January is national mentoring month, and if you haven't yet discovered the outstanding work of Mentor Me Petaluma, now's the appropriate time to get with the program for the non-profit's annual Band Night. Be one of the first to sample...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/VvhgWxol4Ds" height="1" width="1"/> Community Food and Drink Music frances rivetti 2012-01-09T18:05:18-08:00