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Healdsburg, a beautiful town nestled between small wineries and green rolling hills is just an hour and a half north of San Francisco, but feels like a world away. You and your family will fall in love with the quaint and picturesque downtown, filled with farm-to-table restaurants, family-owned shop, and of course tasting rooms of…

California is an ideal place to be if you often find yourself living for the weekends. This is a massive state that’s so diverse in terms of landscapes and what you can see and do. But it’s also a great state for road trips because you can experience different sides of California in just a…

If you love touring, and you love food, what could be a better way to explore a new destination than a food tour? These guided gourmet expeditions are attracting a devoted core of fans (when one of my groups was asked whether it was their first food tour, not one person in the six-member group…

Sometimes a small town getaway is just what you need to slow down and hit refresh. These 17 beautiful small towns deliver relaxation and recreation with a heavy dose of charm, proving that bigger isn’t always better. From the beaches of Florida to the mountains of Alaska, this roundup has a place for everyone. For an extra…

HEALDSBURG HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE DESTINATION for wine lovers, foodies, and those who simply want to spend a day or two enjoying this improbably picturesque getaway. But in-the-know visitors also appreciate how this once-rural town has become an artistic hot spot. Take a stroll around the leafy central plaza and you’ll see how Healdsburg…

Sarah Opatz took a leap of faith, leaving a great job and a promising career (including a one-time career as proprietor of a greeting card company), but decided to put that on hold to focus 100% on building her own business and follow her passion of distilling together with her husband, Josh Opatz. “I don’t…

If California wine country is on your radar this summer, the small, beautiful town of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, has plenty of reasons to build a culinary getaway. Take a jam-making class at Dry Creek Peach and pick nectarines, plums, pluots, figs, persimmons, Meyer lemons and both white and yellow peaches directly from the ranch’s trees. Set off…

The most visible damage from fires that lit up Napa Valley hillsides in October is random black in the treeline, most of it miles from wineries. To the west in Sonoma County, nothing is visible from the fall’s two weeks of post-harvest smoke. While some homeowners are rebuilding, tourists see nearly nothing but a vibrant,…

Located a mere hour and a half’s drive north of San Francisco (that’s about 65 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge), the charming town of Healdsburg, CA, is the perfect wine country weekend getaway. For busy city dwellers and Bay Area visitors alike, the town is still fairly under-the-radar — which, if you ask…