Candidates will interact in Sun’s televised debate

October 14, 2010

The Sonoma Sun will sponsor a City Council Candidates Debate on Sunday night, October 17, at the Community Meeting Room. The event will be broadcast live from the actual council chambers from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sun TV Channel 27. The event promises to... Continue

Hot stuff

October 7, 2010

Visiting Off Square Glass Studio’s new quarters on First Street East, I’m met at the door by wiry Alex Leader, co-owner of the new venture. The last time I happened by the studio he and partner Daniel Reilly were busy – in the throes of... Continue

The biggest party of the year!

September 22, 2010

Wine Country Girl | Special to The Sun “Vintages of our Past, Flavoring the Future” is the theme for the 113th annual Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival. The events start Friday, September 24 and will last all weekend in Sonoma Plaza. Patrons Night Gala... Continue

Blueprint Sonoma

September 15, 2010

Victor Conforti Victor Conforti – Architect Career bio: UC Berkeley graduate 1968/69, apprenticeship in Laguna Beach; came to Sonoma in 1971, worked as carpenter for a year or so, doing drafting to get started. Licensed in 1975, nearly all of my work is in Sonoma... Continue

On the Wall

September 10, 2010

A December phone call to world-renowned local rock climber Kevin Jorgeson culminated in the opening of Sonoma’s first indoor rock climbing walls this month at The Presentation School and the Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma Valley (BGCSV). Jorgeson took the call just before heading... Continue

Do you geocache?

September 7, 2010

[caption id="attachment_18807" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Geocaching"][/caption] While there are quite a few savvy folks in our Valley, if you’re like me, you’ve never heard of geocaching. So when the unfamiliar term crossed my desk, I did what any civilized 21st century woman would do – I... Continue

A story garden of fun and fantasy

August 26, 2010

Pick up your free corn seeds at The Sonoma Valley Sun! Blue Corn Maiden and the Coming of Winter — A Native American Acoma Legend retold by Jackie Baldwin The Pueblo People loved Blue Corn Maiden and especially the delicious blue corn that she gave... Continue

Sonoma meets Cittaslow. It’s more than just good Italian food!

August 26, 2010

To inaugurate a series of monthly columns from Cittaslow Sonoma Valley, we asked Virginia Hubbell, the organization’s founders, a few questions. Over the next few months Virginia and the Cittaslow team will take Sun readers on a tour of our Valley. From bees to organic... Continue

Amazing John

August 26, 2010

[caption id="attachment_18383" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="John Noonan"][/caption] Sonoma’s only young bagpiper, John Noonan is, by all accounts, an exceptional young man. Inspired years ago by an older friend’s playing, John first took up the bagpipes at the tender age of seven. Today, at almost 13, he... Continue

Endless Sonoma

August 19, 2010

Members of the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance take wine very seriously. Their annual auction? Not so much. It’s the event that redefined wine auctions, putting a premium on informal fun. Pretension was sent back to Napa. Irreverence became as prized as a 98... Continue

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