My husband and I came to Gualala for a relaxing getaway before our first baby is born. We decided…read moreto make a dinner reservation at the lodge and boy, are we glad we did!! Food was incredible, service was exceptional, ambiance was unforgettable. We loved it so much that we wanted to stop by the breakfast bar on our way out of town. Coffee and food did not disappoint!! We will most definitely be back!!!

The Sea Ranch Lodge is undeniably beautiful, which made our experience all the more disappointing…read more The food was good, but the restaurant seemed very understaffed and the service was rushed, disorganized, and inattentive. Our waitress appeared stressed and was rude to our group before we had even sat down. There also seemed to be very little communication among the staff--we had to ask multiple people for simple things like an extra chair. At one point, the bartender casually responded to a request with "the chef does not have that," without explanation or offering an alternative. The whole experience felt strangely dismissive and honestly a little surreal. We love Sea Ranch and understand that restaurants have difficult nights, but this was unpleasant enough that we won't be returning for a meal. Beautiful place, but we'll admire it from afar next time.

We're from MA visiting my niece in Forestville and I asked her to arrange for a lunch and tasting…read moreat a nearby winery. Our priorities were great food, excellent wines and a beautiful view. Capo Creek Winery checked all the boxes and is one of the highlights of our trip to Sonoma. The lunch and accompanying wines were delicious. Our server was delightful and knowledgeable and made the experience a pleasure. As we wrapped up, Mary, the owner, stopped by to chat and she was friendly, gracious and fun to talk with. The experience exceeded our expectations. Don't miss it!

We absolutely loved our food and wine tasting experience at Capo Creek Winery and if I could give…read moreit more than 5 stars I would! We absolutely loved everything about this place! This hidden gem winery is tucked away in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. It is absolutely gorgeous and provides an intimate and elevated experience that is definitely worth experiencing! If you are looking for an elevated experience in wine country, look no further! There is a garden area that overlooks the vineyards that we enjoyed during our food and wine pairing and the views were spectacular. They also have a cave as well as a RTV experience if you are looking for a unique private experience away from it all. The service at this winery is excellent! Some of the tastings are with Mary Roy herself and these experiences are extra special since she is the owner, chef, and winemaker. She is an incredible woman that excels at everything she does. Thankfully for me, that includes exceptional wine and food pairings! The food is flavorful and phenomenal and they even have bees onsite where the honey is used to make their amazing chocolates! You are in for a real treat with the food and wine pairings here! Highly recommend visiting Capo Creek Winery if you are in the Healdsburg area!

Dear Bride to be,…read more You have more than imaginable on your plate and the panic may have already set in. If you want to feel at ease & have fun planning or don't really want much to do with it at all but wish to experience a flawless celebration of your marriage with your friends & family, you have scrolled across your saving Grace. Lindsey Fischer with Magnolia Events is the answer to grasping your vision and making a smooth sail process leading up to & your big day the most gorgeous success. The beautiful details, logistics, issues and decisions are ironed out with proactive perfection...the woman is a walking hand steamer but with the best personality. I guarantee you the happiest and especially esthetic day of your life that you will forever dream to live over and over again. Imagine Jennifer Lopez (The Wedding planner) but as real as your Best Friend, chances are you may even become forever friends. I am forever grateful for Lindsey and her team!

We had Lindsey for our day of coordinator at the OSM. Lindsay was great and kept in contact with us…read morethe entire time for our wedding and answered any questions we had. Even with some hiccups in the final plan as far as spelling with some of the names she was able to quickly fix everything and made our wedding super smooth which put us at ease. Thank you again Lindsey for making our special day run so smooth.

I have been coordinating events for over 11 years. We struggled to find a good AV company until we…read morehappened to have an event that only used Techtonic at their venue. Just by luck, we discovered how savvy they are. My team is so impressed with their service that we only contract with venues that allow us to use Techtonic as our AV partner. They know AV, they have access to all the right equipment, they are flexible, they are easy to work with, and they deliver what they promise every single time.

Hired tectonic events for my 50th at the flamingo hotel in Santa Rosa. Straight up professionals on…read moretime, courteous polite, and they had amazing top-of-the-line equipment they put it together. They sound check to the band and made sure everything went well throughout the four hour show. Nick Sereno was a pleasure to work with, and I suggest using tectonic events for any production needs.

I chose flowers valley for my wedding after doing some research and getting multiple quotes…read more Working with them was efficient and easy, and they were able to make my Valentine's Day wedding vision a reality in a relatively short time. Everyone said they were the most magnificent flowers they had ever seen- and they were. I feel the value was there, even though it was valentines and it was a lot of money for flowers, and yes, I chose roses (on the most expensive day of the year) The only hiccup was my wedding welcome sign was not finished in time, which was really disappointing for me, especially since I paid (a lot) for them and they were in our quote and it was the first thing people saw when they walked in. It was left unfinished on the ground. I don't know where the miscommunication was, but again, it was really disappointing. At the end of the night, the flowers we were supposed to use for our brunch the next day were also cleared and taken away by their staff- a miscommunication I'm sure, but again disappointing since I paid for them and was planning on using them the next day. Regardless of these hiccups, they still did a great job and I absolutely loved the fresh floral arches and all the flowers they made, it really made our wedding extra special and I'm so happy I chose fresh flowers and roses, Valentine's Day or not- the photos are there forever. The flowers were beautiful and overall I was very happy with how they turned out and recommend Flowers valley

I just want to thank Flowers Valley for creating this beautiful sympathy arrangement. I just lost a…read morevery close friend yesterday and just seeing how breathtakingly beautiful this arrangement was in honor of my friend got me so emotional. The front lady express her sympathy for my loss and I couldn't express how grateful I am for them to choose such beautiful flowers with care. I was speechless and got so emotional at the fact that something this beautiful is for my wonderful friend. Her family loved it and couldn't stop commenting how much they love it. The arrangement was worth it; for the florist's kind words, for the beautiful flowers, and for my wonderful friend. Thank you so much!

We hired Emilien for our wedding and have zero regrets!! He was responsive and had great…read morecommunication and ideas throughout the planning process. Even week of changes he was able to accommodate. The music for the dance floor was amazing, he listened to all our requests and respected our do not play list. Our guests said he chose great songs and always had them dancing!! We highly recommend, you will not be disappointed !

We booked Sky's the Limit for our wedding in Sebastopol a couple weekends ago and he was incredible…read more- we highly HIGHLY recommend him. He made our wedding so smooth--handling everything from the lav for our officiant, hand held mic for our vows & speeches, the photo booth (shoutout Devin) and of course being an incredible MC and DJ. Leading up to the wedding, Emil was so responsive and thorough--putting a ton of energy into learning about our musical preferences. Throughout the night of our wedding he kept the energy high and was able to read the crowd to put on songs he knew would keep the party going. We were so impressed with him the entire process and had multiple guests come up and compliment the music. We really could not have asked for a better experience and encourage anyone getting married in NorCal to book Emil.

Dax was the best! Him and his colleagues were very helpful and very nice. The equipment he set me…read moreup with worked very well and was very pleased with everything. I highly recommend using them for a party, convention or any needs for sound, audio and lighting for rentals!

We worked a photobooth at an event with this company. The DJ did a great job, good song choices,…read moregood mixing of songs and the sound was managed well. I would recommend them.

Elsa was our wedding day manager this past weekend and our biggest regret by far is not hiring her…read moreto plan the entire wedding. She was amazing. Not only did she execute our wedding plan perfectly, she provided a lot of suggestions and insightful tips that made the day even more special. We had a lot of unique decorations that needed to be turned on and she handled it all. She was great attending to the needs of not only us but she helped out the guests (including children) and vendors so much. If you're looking for a wedding day manager/coordinator in Santa Rosa, you won't be disappointed with Elsa!

Elsa was my wedding planner for my July wedding in Healdsburg. I hired her for the month of only…read morebut honestly once I signed the contract, she jumped right in. She was super helpful, resourceful, reassuring, and really managed everything flawlessly. My wedding was the best day of my life and honestly did not have a stress in the world because Elsa made sure of it. It was so much fun and so joyful. I really appreciated Elsa and could not have done it without her. I would highly highly recommend her.

I contracted Alexis and her company for a wedding event and I want to say that it was the worst…read moredecision I could of made! Horrible customer service, did not follow through with what I had planned for this special day. After I confronted her about the lack of communication and planning she went ahead and had the audacity to overcharge me. I definitely do not recommend her services should of done my research before hiring her.

We had our wedding in March of 2019 and had hired Alexis and her team for our wedding coordination…read more We were excited to work with her and met with her several times in the lead-up to the wedding. We were told to expect several staff from her team on-site to help coordinate in our outdoor multi-site venue. She was even on-site the day before our wedding with an assistant to plan everything out. Then the day-of came, and Alexis did not show up. She sent her assistant with one other person, who we had never seen before and who knew nothing about our wedding. We were expecting Alexis, her coordinator, plus additional support based on our discussions up until that point. Having only two people show up day-of was alarming. So much went wrong on the day of the wedding, most of which she had told us she and her team would coordinate: 1. We spent the week before hand-crafting floral arrangements - many of which were not set out, even though our coordinators were responsible for putting out our decor. Our theme was "wildflowers," but you wouldn't be able to tell because a lot of it stayed boxed up. 2. Our wedding site didn't have enough chairs set up. Fortunately, the bride's mother arrived early and had to run around trying to find staff who could bring out and arrange the site. 3. Our DJ was supposed to be driven out to the wedding site in an ATV because it was muddy. The assistants apparently didn't know this though it was discussed, and so he ended up running late for the ceremony while he waited for a lift. 4. Our DJ was then supposed to be picked up from the ceremony site, but the coordinators didn't have a ride ready. In a rush he ended up driving his personal van out to the site and got stuck in the mud and couldn't make it back to the cocktail party and had to be hauled out. 5. The bridal party was very late to the ceremony site because the coordination staff wasn't communicating with each other or the site staff. The drivers, therefore, were running behind just because they weren't told about timing. Our guests waited in the sun at the ceremony site while the bridal party waited to be taken there. 6. The ceremony site was not set out the way we'd agreed and was missing most of the decorations. A ton of decor and flowers we expected at the wedding site stayed boxed, leaving us with an unadorned aisle and ceremony site. 7. The backup coordinators set aside none of the cocktail hour appetizers for the bride and groom - something Alexis said she would make sure to do. 8. The DJ came to us sheepishly at the end of the night, saying that typically he would coordinate payment with the coordinator, but they had left without notifying anyone. He went to the groom in the middle of the reception to make sure he would get paid. 9. Many of the guests spent the day picking up the slack of things we had agreed Alexis's team would do. We were agitated that they couldn't just enjoy the day after we went to so much expense in hiring coordinators. 10. The backup coordinator spent the day asking the bride and groom what she was supposed to be doing next and what we expected of her next. 11. The backup coordinator and her assistant were given walkie-talkies from the venue staff because cell phone reception was spotty at best. The venue staff was unable to find the coordinators when they needed them because the walkies apparently weren't often on. 12. Because of all this, the bride was pulled away so often she could not take pre-ceremony photographs with her bridesmaids. 13. Because the ceremony started so late, we ended up having to pay for an extra hour for our photographers and videographer to stay for the events we wanted to have filmed. We followed up with Alexis, and she asserted that they fulfilled their end of the bargain, and she proceeded to blame us for how everything fell apart and accused us of not being organized enough. She also said that enough chairs were at the ceremony site even though this was blatantly untrue, and we can prove it so with photographs and drone footage taken that day. Also, how would she possibly know? She was not there. Nothing changes the fact that the person we had been working with for five months didn't make it to our wedding, sent someone who knew nothing about our wedding to coordinate, and the day-of was chaos when it didn't have to be. Looking through photos of the day brings such mixed emotions. Having no pre-ceremony photographs with bridesmaids is one thing, but seeing pictures of our unfinished ceremony site is a heartbreaking reminder. Those pictures will last forever, as will those memories of a day that did not go as planned due to the poor coordination by Alexis Solano. All we can do at this point is to warn others against working with Alexis Solano Events for something as meaningful or costly as a wedding. If we knew then what we know now, we would have been better off hiring anyone else or just doing it all ourselves.

Highly recommend Navarro vineyard if you are passing by Philo! Wine tasting here is casual and…read moresuper affordable. For $10 you can pick around 5 pours of your liking and enjoy the views at the patio or stay indoor. Crackers, cheese and salami are sold at the shop. I love their 2014 Chardonnay and 2013 Pinot noir. I purchased 2 bottles from them and signed up for their mailing list. Staff were friendly and busy.

Loved this place! Stumbled upon it on our way to Mendocino. The ambiance is very nature and…read morepicturesque. Food is not served here. The service was amazing! $10 tastings and the fee is waved if you buy bottles. We walked out with 9 bottles, 3 of which were actually grape juice. Make sure you try the grape juice!!!