----Halloween and  Vine has moved to Petaluma;  we LOVE it here. DO check out Petaluma--- Halloween and Vine will be in the same place: Hermanns Sons Hall on the last saturday in September in 2008-- That would be September 27th, 2008!

 Petaluma is a wonderful town, and is about 20 minutes west of Sonoma just off of highway 101. I know that rooms are affordable there, and they have many good restaurants and some fun stores to check out. (I always go to HeebeJeebes, Gothic Rose Antiques in Sienna, and Copperfields when I go to Petaluma!) It also about a half hour away from Bodega Bay---home of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The schoolhouse is still standing, as is the playground equipment and Annie's house!

Here is the visitor's site for Petaluma: www.visitpetaluma.com .

 I'll be posting more suggestions in the new year as we begin to plan for our next big event!

So many have written, looking for places to stay during our glorious Autumn and our Halloween and  Vine show that I decided to post a few suggestions. It is high tourist season in October, so rooms are at a premium. Many weddings and other events are held at the same time as well; when the crush is  ongoing and the smell of wine permeates the air everywhere. The vineyards are turning the most spectacular colors; that it can look like they are on fire. The fog is off the ocean too, and you can see the horizon so clearly and the Pacific is so deep emerald green and cobalt blue that it almosts hurt's one's eyes to look at it. Yep---I love the Autumn!