Published February 21, 2022, in my The Bold Italic (TBI) column (my Bold Italic articles and weekly restaurant reviews here):
The old Russian River logging outpost of Guerneville has long been a redwoods escape, tucked away in West Sonoma County towards the ocean. It also has been a LGBTQ+ haven (and weekending or second home for San Franciscans) since the 1970s. It’s the kind of small town where over the years (a couple of my past articles here and here) I’ve stumbled upon Pride parades and fire station BBQs, American flags alongside rainbow flags, and where I restore with sacred walks in one of my favorite redwoods forests, Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, which reopened late fall 2021 — majestic and nurturing as ever — despite the charred scars it wears from the Walbridge fire.
Article here: https://medium.com/@virginiamiller_29308/support-our-beloved-wine-countries-guerneville-edition-7e21f156a437
Brot modern German’s pickled herring
Inverness walk along Tomales Bay, across from Saltwater Oyster Depot
Equality Vines
Saltwater Oyster Depot chowder, Inverness