Southern Sonoma Country Lifetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15110702025-09-14T12:05:41-07:00Author & Lifestyle Writer Frances Rivetti At Home in Southern Sonoma County, Northern CaliforniaTypePadWill Wood: A Renaissance Gentleman's Final Bowtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883403040298e7d8200d2025-09-14T12:05:41-07:002025-09-14T12:05:41-07:00The California Renaissance Pleasure Faire community has lost one of its most beloved figures with the passing of Will Wood this week. For decades, Will enchanted thousands of faire-goers as the legendary Sir Francis Drake at the original Renaissance Pleasure...frances rivettiPetaluma History Paddle — The Floathouse and Petalumans of Yesteryear's Super Sundays on the Slough!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402c8d3da7df9200c2025-08-14T15:34:34-07:002025-08-14T15:37:18-07:00Petaluma History Paddle Petaluma FloatHouse Sundays, 10 am-12 pm Next Date September 7, October 12 You may have read my post this Spring when I attended a terrific Murder Mystery dinner party in the back room at Risibisi in Petaluma's...frances rivettiSculpting a Vision: The Idea that Transformed a Neglected Peninsulatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402e8610689e6200d2025-07-25T11:25:07-07:002025-07-25T18:34:52-07:00Huru was waiting for a home. After talking to the public art team at the City of Petaluma, longtime resident and retired teacher Carol McKegney wandered through local parks, in front of the library, down side streets to the corner...frances rivettiSan Francisco's Summer Line-Up Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402e860eb3c1c200b2025-05-28T08:55:17-07:002025-05-28T09:05:05-07:00San Francisco is marking the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, this summer, celebrating the iconic band's profound influence on San Francisco and American culture with months of special events, concerts, exhibitions and tributes citywide. It took me a while...frances rivettiPetaluma Chinatown Unearthedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402c8d3d39f4b200c2025-05-15T18:42:27-07:002025-05-16T08:51:26-07:00Petaluma Chinatown Unearthed — Facing the Past for a Better Future exhibit at The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum coincides with the renaming of the city's Center Park to "Historic Chinatown Park" in recognition of the contributions of the early...frances rivettiWest Marin's Toluma Farms Announces Debut Cookbook "Feasts on the Farm"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402c8d3d24b2f200c2025-04-29T14:11:00-07:002025-04-29T14:12:25-07:00Set to hit shelves on August 5th, 2025 this cookbook is a celebration of sustainable farming, cheesemaking, and community in West Marin The team at Toluma Farms announces the forthcoming release of a debut cookbook, "Feasts on the Farm: Over...frances rivettiMurder on Main Street — Murder Mystery Dinners with Petalumans of Yesteryeartag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402c8d3d00434200c2025-04-03T08:53:22-07:002025-04-03T08:53:59-07:00Case solved! Murder on Main Street costumed dinner theater — one of the latest and greatest new additions to Petaluma's supper scene. I was delighted to conjure my assigned role of Lucinda Hatch, fictional player in Petaluma's 19th century spiritualism...frances rivettiStop By & Visit Author Frances Rivetti and British American Artist Gail Foulkes in an Arts Alive Pop-Up Thursday October 17th, 2024 Theatre Square, Petaluma Anytime Between 5-7.30pmtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402e860ee10e1200d2024-10-15T10:31:06-07:002024-10-15T10:34:40-07:00Super excited to announce that Gail Foulkes, local artist and cover illustrator of my novel, The House on Liberty Street is offering original paintings and prints of her Petaluma architectural series for sale for the first time. There has been...frances rivettiA Visit to John Muir's House — A Call to Connect with the Great Outdoors, in Martinez, California tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402dad0d0cdc1200d2024-09-26T13:32:55-07:002024-09-26T13:32:42-07:00"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." —John Muir Scottish born Father of the National Parks, John Muir, also known as "John of the Mountains" is best remembered...frances rivettiExploring the Outer Limits of the Pacific — An All-Women's Whale Watch Tour to the Lost World of the Farallon Islands tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa7b483883402dad0cfe7ef200d2024-09-16T15:54:12-07:002024-09-18T18:26:32-07:00photos: Oceanic Society and Chloë Green On a clear day, it is possible to see the blurry outline of a cluster of some 20 islets rising from the line of the horizon, some 28 miles out into the Pacific Ocean,...frances rivetti