A Christmas Buffet at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn Sante Restaurant
Monday we offered a list of Top Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dinners in the North Bay. Today we’d like to focus on one special place in Sonoma – Sante Restaurant at The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa. Table With a View at Sante From[...]
Top Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dinners in the North Bay
‘Tis the season to let other people do the cooking. Spend more time on gift giving and holiday celebrations by letting a professional chef work his magic in some of the North Bay’s best kitchens. Here are our picks on where to dine for Christmas Eve and Christmas[...]
St. Francis Winery&Vineyards: Ode to Crab Winery Dinner
Crab cakes, crab bisque, roasted crab, barbequed crab, crab salad, crab with pasta, the list is endless and only limited by the imagination of a chef. Many recipes have been created to celebrate one of the oldest creatures on the planet found in oceans worldwide. Different types of[...]
Douglas Keane’s Shimo Brings “Modern Steak” to Healdsburg
Douglas Keane and Nick Peyton can smile about Shimo When was the last time you had a $195 steak? With the opening of Shimo Modern Steak in downtown Healdsburg this past Friday night, you now can, rounded out with an oyster appetizer ($16), a romaine salad[...]
Natalie Cole at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Natalie Cole As a young girl in the mid-1970’s I didn’t know Natalie Cole’s name. I only knew the sound of her voice and the songs - like her number one hit “This will be an Everlasting Love” - that made me want to dance. In[...]
Top 10 Napa/Sonoma Romantic Hotels
1. Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford If you’re looking for a place to propose to your sweetie, why not present that sparkling ring while you lounge by the pool, sipping sparkling wine – the pool itself sparkles with a pebble-sheen floor inlaid with Italian mosaic tiles and glistening mother-of-pearl.[...]
