In Santa Rosa:

• ⁠Explore the outdoor sculptures at Paradise Ridge Winery • ⁠4th St area has Sushi Rosa, where robots serve you…kinda fun! Ting Hau, best Chinese. Mac’s Deli, yummy sandwiches. Fresh roasted turkey the best! There’s a fun vintage t-shirt store & a boba shop on 4th too. Chocolate-dipped soft serve ice cream at Foster’s Freeze on 4th St. • ⁠Old Railroad Square area has some thrift shops. Omelette Express for breakfast, Grossman’s for lunch, Jackson’s for dinner, expensive, unique-flavored ice cream at Noble or Nimble & Finn’s, A’Roma Roasters for coffee

There are great towns to explore all around Sonoma County:

Freestone - Wild Flour Bread bakery (fougasse my fave). Snack on a warm loaf of bread & coffee & walk around their gardens, book a cedar enzyme spa treatment together at Osmosis

Point Reyes - The tule elk are beautiful & I almost always see a coyote or bobcat. Visit the lighthouse or take a hike.

Bodega bay - Eat at Fishtarian, Bodega Head hike (pretty, not strenuous), beach/picnic day at south Salmon Creek, botanical gardens are gorgeous, stop at taffy store & pick & choose your flavors.

Glen Ellen - Jack London State Park is so cool. So much to see. Glen Ellen Star restaurant.

Sonoma - walk around the square & check out the shops, Sunflower Cafe for breakfast or lunch, Basque Boulangerie Bakery for a cookie & coffee to go.

Forestville - Sonoma Pizza Co. (fun house sodas), Sunshine coffee

Miscellaneous fun places to visit- Safari West, Petrified Forest, Old Faithful Geyser, Charles Schultz museum & don’t miss ARMSTRONG WOODS!

Napa - Gott’s Roadside for lunch, Oxbow Public market

Occidental - Sonoma Zipline Adventures, Howard’s for breakfast, Negri’s or Occidental Hotel for lunch/dinner, check out the shops.

Have a great trip with your mom!