Santa Rosa
An Awesome Stay, At A Great Value So Cool and Fun You’ll Be Back
- Heather Cassell
- July 11, 2021
This Mid-20th Century Retro Wine Country Hotel Offers Modern Luxuries at A Value by Heather Cassell On a warm sunny day, I pulled into Santa Rosa’s The Sandman Hotel for a weekend of wine tasting and eating around Sonoma County. I was immediately transported: Not to leafy vineyards cradling plump juicy wine grapes and tables […]
Read MoreSonoma’s Fabulous Summer Kicks-Off With Pride and Wine
- Heather Cassell
- June 15, 2021
Sonoma’s Reopening Revs Up With Pride As Queer Wine Lovers Return To Wine Country by Heather Cassell Summer in Sonoma County is going to be fabulous! Visitors flocked to the wineries Memorial Day Weekend, the first unofficial weekend of summer vacation, signaling the near end of the global pandemic at least in sunny California. The […]
Read MoreLet There Be Laughter At The Wine Country Comedy Fest In Sonoma
- Heather Cassell
- July 20, 2018
Comedy is “what keeps you happy” it is “the spice of life,” said Wine County Comedy Fest co-founder Lisa Pidge who has “the ultimate standup comedy experience in wine country” happening this weekend.
Read MoreQueer Comedians Take On The Bay
- Heather Cassell
- March 26, 2018
“I appreciate comedians who don’t take themselves too seriously, have a dash of inappropriateness, and don’t pander or shy away from pushing the envelope,” wrote Julie. “I think both Belinda and Jeffrey add a spice of these elements to their acts and that’s why I have fun watching them and continue to want to work with them.”
“Plus, I just genuinely like them and want to hang out with them,” she added.
Read MoreBeing Funny In A Man’s World, Desi Women Comedians Speak Out
- Heather Cassell
- August 14, 2016
It’s still a man’s world in the standup comedy. There’s no joking about it. Then factor in being South Asian. What’s the immediate image that comes to mind? If you are in America, which we are, it might be a nerdy computer engineer who speaks English with a heavy accent. Yeah, no. Mix up the gender what image do you have now? You draw a blank, well you used to until Mindy Kaling arrived in American homes through television shows, “The Office” and then her own show “The Mindy Project.”
Read MoreBig Grape Adventure: Sheldon Wines
- Heather Cassell
- June 22, 2012
All it took was a one kiss and Tobe and Dylan Sheldon, owners of Sheldon Wines, were off on a wild wine adventure.
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