Here along the Russian River, Eggs Benedict for lunch at the River Grill Inn, diner style, along with coffee I can drink black, is just about as good as it gets. I dined with local mover and shaker, Herman Hernandez, and talked about the great plans afoot for this season's music series to be held in downtown Guerneville. It's going to be an amazing experience one evening a week for locals and tourists alike again this summer. Keep your eyes open for the schedule that will be linked from the Russian River Getaways Visitor's Guide. Photo from The River Inn Grill's Google page.[ add comment ] | permalink |
( 3 / 78 )After a brief intermission, we're back! Along with bringing you fantastic vacation rentals here at the River, we also live and run around the Russian River area, doing cool and interesting things, with and without kids and dogs, so we'll be sharing with you what we find. Today the sun was shining and the air was calm and warm, so BEACH popped right into my mind. I grabbed a friend and a blanket, and we headed out to Jenner-by-the-Sea, where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean. We landed at Goat Rock beach (the small end, left at the fork at the bottom of the hill), where we were treated to seals dancing in the waves. At the other end of this beach, those same seals are busy having babies. You can visit with the help of Stewards of Coast and Redwoods: http://www.stewardsofthecoastandredwood ... lwatch.htm. After we'd had our fill of staring at those mesmerizing waves, we stopped at Cafe Aquatica, http://www.cafeaquatica.com/, in Jenner, for coffee, a great view of the Russian River flowing into the ocean, and live music on deck. In other words, we had ourselves a perfect Sunday afternoon! -Rachel
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( 3.1 / 85 )Last week I had the honor of seeing that grand lady of pure country music, Loretta Lynn, at the Wells Fargo Performing Arts Center. She sang mostly pieces of songs, saving only Coal Miner's Daughter for the complete treaatment, and she didn't spend much time on nostalgia--just sang her songs, with strong command of the stage. Her two daughters sang introductory songs for their mother, good not great.
But what was great was Chuck Mead's band which headlined Loretta Lynn. These are pure classic rock-a-belly sons---absolutety fantastic and I want to go see them as the headliner. I think I'll see if they have an on-line calendar and maybe are playing closeby.
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ages/Quixote_2.jpg popup=false]A fabulous day trip to the only building in the United States designed by Hundertwasser. It's Quixote Winery and such a perfect building I've never before seen. Absolutely worth the drive---the only way to see it is to sign up for a winetasting tour at $25 each; otherwise, they would be inundated with Hundertwasser groupies. Makes me think I would like to do a Hundertwasser tour of his buildings in Europe.
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The lovely lady in costume is Jane Barry, president of the Russian River Historical Society. The tour was most interesting, with emphasis on pioneer women. One such woman was Inza Lambert (still an important local family) who was born in Duncans Mills, belonged to every possible organization, drove the Gas Truck when needed during World War II, and if there was no pastor at the Guerneville Community Church, she stood up and gave the service.
The boy's headstone above commemorates 7 year old Harry Olney who ran onto Main Street and was hit by the justice of the peace driving his car, the lad becoming the first vehicular death in west Sonoma County.
A lovely afternoon, after the tour viewing the new part of the cemetery with its AIDS section and unique headstones. A cemetery definitely worth spending some time in.
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