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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Soſtly, yet swiſt- ly, arriving from the distant sea, the new season captivates us with strands
of early
mist and the ser- endipitous snap of surprisingly cool air announcing, September! As John Keats
wrote: “Season of mists and mel- low fruitfulness. / Close friend of the maturing sun./ Conspiring to load and bless with fruit the vines/…To bend with apples the moss’d cottage trees./ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core/ To swell the gourd and plump the ha- zel shells/ And still more later flow- ers…think warm weather days will never cease.” Old and young have appetites, once
new
again, for intoxicating fragrances of fresh baked pies and long-simmer- ing casseroles. With ev- erything you might need to lovingly prepare such dishes, Santa Rosa has its historic Hardisty’s Homewares “Your Cu- linary Toy Store since 1924” in Farmer’s Lane. Ah! For those who travel the
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world, and love road trips in the fabulous Sonoma Valley area of myriad wineries, you have a historic
into Sign of the Bear. It feels as if Laura and Stephan Havlek, owners, and their enthusiastic crew were welcoming you home!
Featured in
Gourmet Insider in August, the “All-Star” retail- ers:” Laura and Stephen, have fol- lowed their artistic passions by creat- ing a wonderland of brilliant color in their entranc- ing show of gour- met kitchen and tableware. While eyeing a perfect Lamson picnic
treat ahead. Behold the historic So- noma Plaza in the town of Sonoma. Mexican Governor Mariano Vallejo designed it 150 years ago. By July 4, 1824, when Father Jose Altamira founded the Mission San Francisco Solano de So- noma, the last of 21 mis- sions was built. A new Bear Flag was raised in June, 1846, proclaiming a new Republic of Cali- fornia. Today’s state flag of California honors a rich cultural heritage. What a tree-graced his-
toric park site the elegant Plaza is. Charmingly “Old World” ambience is superbly apparent when you step
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knife to make a Sonoma picnic out- ing a delight when cutting bread for a happy crowd, Laura, right in the spirit of picnic-prep, showed us a dazzling array of picnic sets, insu-
lated bottles, salt slabs, spiralizers, (take that, you overgrown zucchini harvest!) boards, boats, bowls, lin- ens—and way more.
If you find
olivewood items as beautiful as I do, there they are! How brave Laura and Stephen
are! Withstanding the onslaught of huge chains, which now also are feeling “attacked” by technol- ogy and on-line wizardry, their up- beat spirit wins hands down. Teir genuine good humor is contagious. Tat is evident in the great mix of tourists from around the world and “locals” who frequent the shop. Tis admirable couple revealed that their sons “have loved to cook from when they could see over the coun- ter.”
Feeling an intrinsic part of their
community, the Havleks have rea- son to be proud of giving a great many people “their first real job.” Stephen’s specialty is “to give out
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Every year on my birthday, I looked forward to my aunt’s gift—a scarf, hat, or sweater knitted by hand. One year, she must have had better things to do because I received a ball of yarn, knitting needles, and a how-to-knit book. Her card read “Scarf, some assembly required.” ~
Because it was my brother’s birthday, our mom wanted to do something special. She called his fraternity house and said she wanted to bring a cake. The young man who took the call was very excited. “Hey, Mrs. Schaeffer,” he said, “that would be great!” The next day she drove to the fraternity and rang the doorbell. The same boy an- swered the door. When he saw the cake, his face fell. “Oh,” he said, clearly disappointed. “I thought you said ‘keg.’ “
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