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Art
Workshops -
Weekend Painting Classes in Spring and Summer of
2005
Local
Restaurants
- Some of our favorites
B 'N'
B Events -
Special Events at the Ranch
Weddings
- Want to get married
in the country?
Area
Web Links -
Check out the area
ART
Workshops
Plein Air Oil Painting
Workshop with Randy
Sexton, April 17th
thru April 21st. Randy's work can be seen on his
web site at www.rcsexton.com.
Plein Air Pastel
Painting Workshop with Clark
Mitchell, May 22nd
to May 27th. Clark's work can be seen at his web
site at www.cgmitchell.com
Plein Air Painting -
Watercolor Workshop With Murray Keshner
- June 26th to
July 1st. for BnB Students, June 27th at 8:30 AM to
July 1st at Noon for Day Students. See
examples of Murray's work
here.
Plein Air Pastel
Painting Workshop with Glenna
Hartmann, July
31st through August 4th, 2005. Glenna's work can be
seen at www.glennahartmann.com.
All workshops offer
several options:
Day Student -
$375.00
Bed and Breakfast
Student
Single Room,
$1050.00
Shared Room,
$775.00
Shared Room with a
non-student companion, $1170.00
 All
students are expected to provide their own
transportation and art materials. An art
materials list will be mailed to the student one
month prior to the workshop. Breakfast and lunch
are included the Bed and Breakfast student's fee,
along with the fee for the workshop. The cost of
the workshop is included in the fee for the day
student.
The day students will
attend the workshop for four week days, and, in
some cases, for a half day on Friday. The BnB
students arrive at or after 3:00 on the Sunday
prior to the Monday on which the workshop begins,
and leave by 11:00 on the following
friday.
There will be a 10%
cancellation fee once the student has paid for the
workshop.
Painting venues are set
in the rolling hills of West Marin, one of the
best preserved and most naturally beautiful
settings in all of California. Large Barns, Out
Buildings, Tomales Bay, Ocean Views, Ranch Animals,
Gardens, Lakes are all possible venues.
Both private and public
land will be available to the discerning
artist.
All instructors are the
personal friends of the BnB owners, which lends
a relaxed and friendly atmosphere to the week's
experience. Sally Gale, one half of the ranch team
of Mike and Sally Gale, takes the workshops as
well.
Those who wish to stay
in the Bed and Breakfast will stay in the Victorian
ranch house built by Sally Gale's
great-great-grandparents, Carlo and Katerina
Traversi-Martinioya, and restored by Mike and Sally
in1996. Mike and Sally live there too.
Expect a memorable
workshop that you will want to repeat as often as
possible! And, by the way, as soon as you
decide to take the workshop, call Sally at
707-765-6664, give her your information, ask
all the questions you wish, and then... send the
check!
Only the receipt of one
half of the fee will secure your position in the
workshop.
RESTAURANTS
Below are some of the
better area restaurants - all a short distance from
Chileno Valley Ranch. We recommend you call for
reservations on weekends.
Buona Serra 707
763-3333 - 148 Kentucky St. Petaluma,
www.buonasera.biz/
Volpi's Italian
Restaurant 707 765 0695 - 122-124 Washington
St., Petaluma
Le Bistro French
Restaurant 707 762 8292 - 312 Petaluma Blvd,
Petaluma
Twisted Vine and Wine
Cellar 707 766 8162 - 14 Kentucky Street,
Petaluma
Graziano's
Ristorante 707 762 5997 - 170 Petaluma Blvd
North, Petaluma
Old Chicago Pizza
707 763 3897 - 41 Petaluma Blvd North,
Petaluma
William Tell House
707 878 2403 - Highway One, Tomales
Tony's Seafood 415
663 1107 - 18863 Highway One, Marshall
Rancho Nicasio 415
662 2219 - Nicasio
Olema Farm House
415 663 1264 - 10005 Highway One, Olema
EVENTS
May 9, 2004, David
Wimpheimer, noted local naturalist, will lead a
hike focusing on native wildflowers and neotropical
migratory songbirds.
July 9, 2004, A
local expert on native grasses will lead a hike,
while Mike Gale will talk about how native grasses
interact with livestock. (Sally and Mike have a
Grass-fed Beef business.)
August 22, 2004
Organic Apple Tasting and Hamburgers made with our
Grass-Fad Beef, heritage tomatoes and local wood
oven baked bread will be featured on the Tour of
Mike and Sally's Ranch.
November 14th, 2004
Participants will be able to help plant willow
sprigs to reforest the streams on Mike and Sally's
Ranch. A tour of older projects, now teaming with
wildlife, is included.
Call the Ranch for details
at 707-765-6664
 Weddings
at the Ranch
We do a limited number of
weddings here at the ranch each year utilizing the
garden, the pastures near the house, the creek and
the large wooden hay barn.
The kitchen is available
for the caterer, however clients must choose from
an approved list. All rooms must be booked for 2
days. If you are interested, give us a call to
discuss it further. 707-765-6664
LINKS
Sonoma
Farmtrails -
Promoting awareness and value of on-farm sales for
the benefit of our members' businesses and
continuing agricultural endeavors in Sonoma
County.
Marin
Agricultural Land Trust
(MALT) is a
nonprofit conservation organization that preserves
farmland in Marin County, California, through
conservation easements, public education (including
hikes and tours of farms, ranches and gardens) and
advocacy.
Grown
in Marin.com -
A list of ranches in marin and their
products.
Research
on Tomales Bay
- Scientific Information on the Tomales Bay
Environment.
Tamal
Saka - Tomales
Bay Sea Kayaking Center - Tamal Saka is pleased to
offer guided tours, rentals, instructional classes,
overnight trips, and extended adventures throughout
the northern hemisphere.
Point
Reyes
Lighthouse -
The Lighthouse Visitor Center is open from 10:00 am
to 5:00 pm, Thursday through Monday.
Point
Reyes National
Seashore -
The area contains unique elements of biological
and historical interest in a spectacularly scenic
panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open
grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested
ridges.
Petaluma
Chamber of
Commerce -
Petaluma welcomes you! Few cities of our size in
America have earned the reputation that Petaluma
can claim. We have gone from being one of
California's largest cities (1860's) to the World's
Egg Basket (early 1900's) to the World's
Wristwresting Capitol (current).
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