Comments on: Stay, Play, Eat Oysters

By: Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:30:32 +0000

I agree, Barbara. So often when I’m driving around SoCo I say to my husband, “if this were France we’d be saying it’s so beautiful, why can’t we live here?”
Thanks for reading and writing. And I can’t wait to see Michelle Pfeiffer in “Cheri.”

By: Barbara Baer

Barbara Baer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:04:13 +0000

When the June gloom fog has lifted, the bluest sky suddenly appears, our tree-filled, vineyard-studded county becomes the most gorgeous scene we’d ooh and ahh over if we saw it in Tuscany or the Dordogne, especially the vantage of a hill overlooking ponds and farm houses. One of the pleasures of being older–this ties in with your previous post about women’s faces and slow food kind of appreciation–is feeling satisfied with bounty around you. I know we all love the rush of not getting that passport until last minute and making plans for the hotel in Paris–the shoebox for mucho euros–but paying for it now is really tough so I loved the praise of stay-cation, as I loved celebration of women’s natural faces. Have you kept up with controversy over ‘cougar’, term that Michelle Pfeiffer hates for older woman with younger men. She’ll be perfect as Lea in “Cheri”.

By: Lakin Khan

Lakin Khan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:27:25 +0000

hey, I didn’t even have to leave the office and I had a little stay-cation! Thanks, Susan…

By: Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:58 +0000

hi penny: good ideas. but where are the no fee tasting rooms??

By: Penny Hastings

Penny Hastings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:02:09 +0000

Swim in the Russian River, walk on Sonoma County beaches (before fees set in), attend free farmers’ markets…taste wines at no-charge tasting rooms ( care to name them?), drive over Coleman Valley Road with brakes poised to stop on a moments notice for an impromptu cattle crossing, walk around Spring Lake, visit local farm markets…where you can plan your picnic and enjoy those locally produced delicacies on a picnic. Stay-cations are easy to do in Sonoma County.

By: mary gaffney

mary gaffney — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:48:51 +0000

Enter a plug for the Sonoma County Book Festival, Sept. 19, as part of a Staycation. I’m looking forward to author Izzy Rose. Free, free, free!

By: jacquelyn

jacquelyn — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:26:45 +0000

Thanks, Susan. I took a nap with the intention of awaking with the perfect vacation idea, knowing I needed to take one, but not knowing how I could afford to do anything fun.I awoke and there was your email with the latest. Blog.Perfect.