I am a big fan of bottled water. I like both the fact that it is convenient to just grab one and go, and that it is filtered. At Big John’s grocery store, in Healdsburg, I found The Bobble.  It is a BPA free bottle that contains a built in filter.  Each filter lasts roughly [...]

College is not cheap in any way shape or form.  Any nickel you can add to the college fund is important which is why I love www.upromise.com  What it is:  Upromise has partnered with online retailers, major brands and restaurants.  The business gives a percentage of what you buy back to upromise for your child’s college [...]

The Healdsburg Twilight parade is a town tradition.  Every year in honor of the Future Farmers of American the town comes together to put together a local parade.  Local businesses and people create and design floats which are supposed to play into a general theme.  This years theme is “what grows in your backyard.”  The [...]

The Russian River Rose Company is unlike any other rose company.  It is only open in April and May on Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment.  It is not a traditional nursery but rather acres of roses situated around the owners homes.  They have roses cascading through trees and on arches and anywhere there is a [...]