We love Sunset Magazine as much as the next person. But we especially love them right now, for in the latest issue, the editors have selected Sonoma County as one of the 37 Best Towns to Live Your Dream. We’re not sure if they read our minds, but we totally agree.
The piece focused on our 5-Star Dining and touched upon the open secret among locals. That we are completely, undeniably… wait for it… spoiled! Yes, spoiled. But it’s not our fault! No, really.
“Live in Sonoma County,” they write, “and you may start to take things for granted. You might think rack of lamb is always grilled on an authentic Argentine parrilla, as it is at Francis Ford Coppola’s winery in Geyserville. That any class called The Art of Wood-Fired Cooking would naturally be taught by Andrea Mugnaini, an authority on Old World open-hearth ovens (her oven company has a Healdsburg cooking school). That every pizza joint offers house-cured lardo as a topping (Diavola Pizzeria in Geyserville). That your Sazerac should be poured by the guy who literally wrote the book on artisanal cocktails (Scott Beattie at Healdsburg’s Spoonbar). Which is to say, you just might get a little spoiled.”
Very funny. And very true.
Here’s a link to the whole piece.
And for those of you who are looking for a change, a place to live your 5-Star Dining Dream, well, we suggest you take their advice. “Take a trial run at eco-happy h2hotel.” And spoil yourself. You deserve it.
