Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Verdigris
HOMEWARES
(
707-874-9018;
www.1lightartlamps.com
; 72 Main St;
11am-6pm Thu-Mon)
Crafts gorgeous art lamps.
Hand Goods
CERAMICS
(
707-874-2161;
www.handgoods.net
;
3627 Main St;
10am-6pm)
Collective of ceramicists and potters.
WORTH A TRIP
GRATON
A portrait of West County's offbeat arts and food scenes, teeny-tiny Graton (population
1815) wasn't on tourists' radar until Martha Stewart profiled a local antiques shop. She
overlooked everything else, but we love the entire one-block-long town. Go 4 miles north
of Sebastopol on Hwy 116, then a half-mile west via Graton Rd.
Contemporary California artists show at
Graton Gallery
( 707-829-8912;
www.gratongallery.com
; 9048 Graton Rd; 10:30am-6pm Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun) - note the
lovely jewelry. Martha loves browsing bric-a-brac at
Mr Ryder & Co Art & Antiques
(
707-824-8221;
www.mrryderantiques.com
;
9040 Graton Rd; 11am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun).
So do we. Part general store, part café,
Willow Wood Market
( 707-823-0233;
www.willowwoodgraton.com
; 9020 Graton Rd; mains $12-26; 8am-9pm Mon-Sat, 9am-3pm Sun)
serves knockout California comfort food, like polenta with goat cheese and roasted chick-
en; sit in the garden. Surprisingly cosmopolitan
Underwood Bar & Bistro
(
707-823-7023;
underwoodgraton.com
;
9113 Graton Rd; mains $17-29; 11:30am-2:30pm Tue-Sat,
5-10pm Tue-Sun) draws accolades for Mediterranean-style small plates; bon vivants fill the
hoppin' bar.
Guerneville & Around
The Russian River's biggest vacation-resort town, Guerneville gets busy summer week-
ends with party-hardy gay boys, sun-worshipping lesbians and long-haired, beer-drinking
Harley riders, earning it the nickname 'Groin-ville.' Though the town is slowly gentrify-
