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Old Posted May 25, 2008, 10:53 PM
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Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sonoma

Petaluma (pop 54,660)

I have to admit that, for no good reason, I didn't have a good impression of Petaluma. But, after spending the day there, I really was impressed. Lots of old, renovated buildings, new residential construction downtown, restaurants, and lots of people, etc.







































Could be taken in SF





There was some type of car show going on downtown





















































































































In desperate need of a make over...















Santa Rosa (pop 157,985)

Given Santa Rosa is the Bay Area's fourth largest city, overall, I found it a little underwhelming. At least the downtown core seemed lively with people and activities for a weekend.





































You can tell you're in the suburbs when parking garages are some of the tallest buildings































The Santa Rosa "skyline"





Surely the State of California can do better than THIS...













This is the second Barnes & Nobles I've seen be incorporated into an old building...very cool.













































C'est moi



Sonoma (pop 9,128)

A very cute, touristy town with a great plaza/park in the center of downtown for lots of locals and visitors alike to congregate and enjoy the afternoon. Definitely a place I'd love to come and stay for the weekend.











































































































































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Tour of California

1: Los Angeles, 2: Hollywood, Glendale, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, 3: Riverside, Santa Ana, Long Beach, 4: San Jose, 5: San Diego, 6: Fresno, 7: Stockton, Modesto, 8: Gold Country, 9: Eureka, Arcata, 10: Monterey, Carmel, 11: Santa Cruz, 12: Sacramento Pt One, 13: Sacramento Pt Two, 14: Roseville & Folsom, 15: Concord & Walnut Creek, 16: Tri-Valley, 17: Berkeley, Emeryville, 18: Fremont, 19: Santa Clara, Mountain View, Palo Alto, 20: Redwood City, Foster City, San Mateo, 21: Oakland, 22: Benicia, Vallejo, 23: Napa, St. Helena
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Old Posted May 25, 2008, 11:14 PM
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great pics - i could live in any of those places - we just passed through petaluma and santa rosa but what we saw looked nice - we did stop at an outlet mall in petaluma but that was about it oh and dennys
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They all look pretty good. I actually considered applying for a job in Petaluma a few years ago, but decided not to. Looks like a decent little city though.
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Old Posted May 26, 2008, 1:26 AM
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ah, home.

u captured the "sonoma feel" very well. even the big city (santa rosa) feels small and cute
i must really commend u on ur photos, far better than mine , some real good angles

thanks for visiting us here in the wine country and we hope to host u again soon (and feel free to hit me up)

btw, the car show in petaluma was a tribute to the movie american graffiti (which was mainly filmed in petaluma). also, im partly responsible for that peace pole in courthouse square
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I always drive through Petaluma on the way to Bodega Bay and the North Coast, but I never stopped to look around. Thanks for the tour!
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They all looked pretty decent. But I especially liked Sonoma. A lot of activity for a small town. Great shots!!
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Looks very nice!
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Looks awesome!
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Really gorgeous. Nice work!
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Great pictures. Petaluma looks very pleasant.

You should've done a separate thread for each city. My computer got bogged down loading up the pictures, even with cable Internet.
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^^^Yeah, I had to wait to look at these at work with T1 speeds. But it was worth the wait.

Another great feature about Petaluma, and a couple of your shots showed this, is that they built downtown right on the river, which gives it direct access to the bay. Makes for a nice little weekend destination for the boaters out there.

And Sonoma's town square just screams old fashioned small town America to me. It's so relaxing.
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Sure how changed since my last visit to Laguna Seca!
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Glad to hear people enjoyed this one. I really do like Petaluma and the car show was really cool. Thank you northbay420 for the info on the reason for the event. I'd love to hear more about your part in that peace sign in Santa Rosa. As I was taking a picture of it, a lady walked by and commented how much she liked it (as did I).

Sorry for such a big thread though. I just spent the weekend in Marin County and plan to do a post on my photos from that soon, I'll be sure to spread them out more
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