#1. The Inn Above Tide, Sausalito. Conde Nast Traveler readers chose their top 30 hotels in Northern California, and several Sonoma County locations made the list. View more information on each hotel at www.cntraveler.com. (Photo courtesy Conde Nast Traveler)

Five North Coast Hotels voted among best in Northern California

Mendocino’s Brewery Gulch Inn has been voted the third best hotel in Northern California among the readers of Condé Nast Traveler. More than 128,000 readers participated in the magazine’s annual readers’ choice awards, casting votes for 9,242 hotels. The winners and the listings appear in its November issue and online. The Brewery Gulch Inn is […]
(photo by John Burgess)

Shave and a Haircut

A former Petaluma bartender trades her cocktail shaker for a pair of clippers.

Hector Alvarez backed by his farmstand sign in Fulton. (photos by Christopher Chung)

The Fresh Trail

The coming of May and June means nibbling juicy stone fruits, berries and healthy greens.