Perhaps some of you remember Healdsburg from 20 years ago. It ain't that way no more. There is nothing funky about this place now. Oakville Grocery! In town tasting rooms! Amazing food! If you get off the main paths, the neighborhoods are as they have always been, a mix of the cute bungalows and the 1950-style ranch houses, some great areas and some not so great. But the downtown, the square, is the draw and man does it draw! A random Wednesday and lunch places were booming. I must say that the proportion of people over 50 is much larger than the under 40's, but hey, it's a weekday. One must suppose that this group of people actually lives here and eats lunch out mid week when the town is reasonably accessible. On the weekends the tables are turned and the 30 - 40 year old crowd, from out out town, is in the restaurants and tasting rooms and clothing stores.
But a lovely day, crayon-blue skies and white clouds with silver linings. Let's hope those silver linings pay off.
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Hi Julie,
ReplyDeleteI did the Healdsburg Art Fair last year & it was not so good. So I am encouraged if you say it is busy mid-week. I was trying to get one of the bookstores to sell my cards, but couldn't get any interest. Lots of great food places there---but mostly out of my price range. Enjoy! It's a great town.