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Spring 2009

Spring 2009

Features

Mystery and miracles on Sonoma Mountain

Mystery and miracles on Sonoma Mountain

Consider this. To get from Glen Ellen or Kenwood to Petaluma and Highway 101 requires a lengthy and time-consuming detour around the land mass called Sonoma Mountain. From the Petaluma side there is a road to the top of the mountain, but not from the Sonoma Valley. You can drive up one side, but not down the other. Strange. Some people would say the absence of an easily established vehicular route over the mountain is even mysterious.

The art of Rene di Rosa

The art of Rene di Rosa

King of the castle

King of the castle

It's maybe not the venue you'd expect for lunch with a multimillionare tycoon who owns half a nearby city block, two wineries, a construction company, several homes, a Mendocino ranch, a luxury hotel, a philanthropic foundation and his very own castle.

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road trip

Vespa Girl learns to scoot

Vespa Girl learns to scoot

Haywood house of stone

Haywood house of stone

Stone House, soaring, solid, massively anchored at the top of a vineyard as if birthed by the very earth, is finally finished.

In praise of asparagus

In praise of asparagus

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Mining 8th Street East

Mining 8th Street East

Looking for loot in all the wrong places we came up with discoveries new to us, perhaps to you, that will please your eye and, in some cases, your pocketbook.

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