Staying healthy during the holidays
We all know the general rules of staying healthy during the holiday season — wash our hands, cover our coughs and sneezes and stay home from work (and holiday parties) when we’re sick. But what else can we do to give ourselves the best chance of staying happy and healthy during what can be a difficult time of year?
Healdsburg Happenings, Aug. 1
The annual Zucchini Festival is Saturday, Aug. 3, at the regular Healdsburg Farmers’ Market in the West Plaza parking lot, from 8:30am to noon. Judging, races and prizes including gift certificates and Market Bucks for biggest and fastest squash. All that and more in our weekly calendar...
Playin’ That Devil Music: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’
Words like “visionary,” “electrifying,” “exhilarating,” “transcendent” and “breathtaking” get thrown around with abandon (by myself included) to describe much lesser films than Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. So I will try not to be overly precious in relating to you how special this movie is.
Comedy of (Bad) Manners
Eccentric families have long been a source of humor for popular entertainments, from TV’s Addams Family to film’s Royal Tenenbaums.
Kaufman and Hart’sYou Can’t Take It with You may be the preeminent stage production on the subject and has become one of the most produced...
The Fishing Report: Who dat?
This past weekend I was vacationing down in southern Louisiana on a music safari and I just have to comment on a few things fishing and not related. First off, “Y’all” need to know, that the folks down “thata way” are just as nice as anywhere I have ever been. In all of the 700 or so miles we traveled, we didn’t come across one person that wasn’t helpful or had anything less than kind to say. Second the food is rich, plentiful and decadent to a fault and if you’re planning a trip down there, I would highly suggest dieting before you go because any thought of self-control at the dining table will be out of the question.
Grand Cru Custom Crush Is a Winemaking Hub
In an era when it sometimes feels like big brands are taking over everything, custom crush and cooperative tasting room facilities that cater to small and micro producers offer consumers an opportunity to connect with small, burgeoning or start-up wineries.
Launched in 2017 by wine...














