Sonoma County Archives - Living Sonoma County

May
17

Pomo Canyon Red Hill Hike Near Jenner

Posted in Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged California State Parks, Sonoma County

How many opportunities could one have to experience a 6-mile hike along a trade route used by Native Pomo and Miwok Indians? One of the many gifts of living in...
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Apr
26

White wines served at the cheesemaking class.

Intimidated by Wine Tasting

Posted in Food, Sonoma County & Beyond Tagged Bedrock, Benziger, Bucklin, California Red Wines, California Wine, Cline, Copploa, Corner 103, Corner 103 Wine Tasting, Decoy Wines, Enkidu, Highway 12, Imagery, Kendall-Jackson, LaCrema, Luna Vineyards, Macmurray, Muscardini, Nicholson Ranch, Proxy, Rodney Strong, Schug, Sonoma County, Sonoma county wines, Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma Tasting Experience, Sonoma Wine Bar, Sonoma Wine Gifts, Sonoma Wine Tasting, wine, Wine tasting, Wine Tasting Party

I have a confession. I have spent a great deal of my time in Sonoma County for the last 20 years and I'm still intimidated by wine tasting. I always...
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Feb
19

El Verano depot, Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

El Verano History

Posted in Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged arrowheads, El Verano, El Verano Sonoma, El Verano Sonoma County, George Maxwell, Miwok, Native Americans, Pomo, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Creek, Wappo

El Verano history can be traced back to the first inhabitants of the area - the Miwok, Wappo and Pomo Indian tribes who lived along Sonoma Creek. The local landscape...
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Dec
17

El Verano, Sonoma County

Posted in Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged Agua Caliente, Boyes Springs, El Verano, El Verano Sonoma County, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Resorts, Verdier's, Verdier's resort

Our little neighborhood called El Verano in Sonoma County was established in 1888 when a new train depot was built two miles west of the town of Sonoma. El Verano...
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Nov
19

Baked loaf of Apple Cider Streusel Bread from Flour and Co

Apple Cider Streusel Bread Recipe

Posted in Home & Garden, Sonoma County & Beyond Tagged apple, apple cider, apple cider crumb bread, apple cider streusel bread, Apple farm, apple juice, apple orchard, apple-a-day, apples, Emily Day, Farm Trails, Flour & Co, fuji apples, quick bread, Ratzlaff Ranch, Ratzlaff ranch apple-a-day, sebastopol, Sonoma County, sonoma county apple ranch, sonoma county apples

I recently connected with fellow blogger Emily Day of Flour & Co and she graciously agreed to let me share some of her recipes for her incredibly delicious baked goods....
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Nov
12

Sonoma County Bucket List – Cornerstone Sonoma

Posted in Home & Garden, Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged Andy Cao, Bai Yun, Cao Perrot Studio, Chelsea Flower Show, Cornerstone, Cornerstone Gardens, Cornerstone Sonoma, Frey Gardens, Frey Sustainable Gardens, Kate Frey, Kate Frey Gardens, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sunset Gardens, Xavier Perrot

One of the goals of the blog was to inspire me to ramp up my exploration of the North Bay and to be able to put check marks next to...
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Oct
8

Sonoma Weekenders

Posted in Sonoma County & Beyond Tagged El Verano, Sonoma, Sonoma California, Sonoma Cottage, Sonoma County, Sonoma fun, Sonoma Ice Cream truck, Sonoma Weekenders, Sonoma weekends, The Springs

When we bought our cottage in El Verano back in 1997 there weren't many Sonoma weekenders in our little neighborhood. In fact, we quickly became known as "the people from...
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Aug
25

Sonoma County Fruit Crisp

Posted in Home & Garden, Sonoma County & Beyond Tagged Abi Bordigioni, Abi Zimmerman, Abigail Zimmerman, Annadel Estate Winery, Fruit Crisp, Plumcots, Santa Rosa Plums, Serres Ranch Blueberries, Sonoma County, Sonoma County Fruit, Sonoma County Fruit Crisp, The Creative Palate

One of the first people who followed me back on Instagram was Abigail Zimmerman Bordigioni of Annadel Estate Winery in Sonoma County. Abi was blogging at that time as Abi's...
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Aug
4

The Redwoods of Sonoma County’s Armstrong Woods

Posted in Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged Armstrong Woods, Armstrong Woods State Park, Austin Creek State Recreation Area, California State Parks, Colonel James Armstrong, Guerneville, Guerneville California, Redwood Trees, Redwoods, sequoia sempervirens, Sonoma County

The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Armstrong Woods in Guerneville are found in very few places on earth but are native to the central and northern California coast. These magnificent...
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Jul
24

Biscuits From Big Bottom Market in Guerneville

Posted in Home & Garden, Sonoma County & Beyond, Travel/Explore Tagged Big Bottom Biscuits, Big Bottom Market, Biscuits, Biscuits and Gravy, Biscuits and Honey, Buttermilk Biscuits, Crista Luedtke, Gipson's Golden, Gipson's Golden Honey, Guerneville, Honey, Orange Blossom Honey, Sonoma County, Sonoma County Honey

I heard about the fresh biscuits and the take-home biscuit mix from Big Bottom Market in Guerneville during the buzz about them making Oprah's 2016 favorite things list. I've even...
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