This video The inaugural Sonoma County Home Brewers Competition at the Petaluma Veteran’s Memorial building on Saturday, May 23, 2015 was provided by Petaluma360.com YouTube page.
From our office on the second story window directly across from the The Hotel Petaluma, we often see people peering into the windows with curiosity of what is going on inside the hotel. So we decided to give you a first hand look at what’s going on.
Many know by now that the Hotel Petaluma was sold to new owners. If you missed the article we shared from the Argus Courier you can click on the article Hotel Petaluma sold again City’s iconic downtown building to be revamped. Talk of renovations to this historic landmark immediately makes you want to cringe. If you have not been to the hotel before, there is a plaque in the entry way. It is a dedication to the 855 men and women whose cooperative efforts led to the completion of the hotel. It says
It stands as evidence and proof of the faith which the people of Petaluma have in each other and in their city…..
Original Hotel Petaluma Courtyard Entrance
The good news is the new owners are trying to return our iconic hotel back to it’s original design (as close as possible) with some upgrades to the rooms. Some of the rooms that were built dormitory style with no bathrooms in the room. On that floor you would share a bathroom on the floor. They will eventually add bathrooms to each room. For now and in the near future you will be seeing special packages for these dorm style rooms anchored with some of our upcoming events. For example for those who plan to tie the knot at the Rivertown Revival may see special room rates for these dorm style rooms to accommodate wedding parties and their families.
Colleen Marlow, Sales & Catering Manager; Juli Lederhaus, GM
The new owners hired a new GM. Not just a hotel GM, but someone who has experience in managing historic hotels in Massachusetts. We met Juli Lederhaus and found that in less than a week she already acquired an intimate knowledge of the hotel and its history.
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Donagh McKeown produced this video which is made for Irish TV “Irish Voices” in a segment he calls “California Matters.” This is an excellent portrait of our former “Good Egg” telling his story about him, the Aqus (Cafe) Community, and his business.
Stett Holbrook editor (owner/founder) of The Bohemian in Petaluma, California interviews JJ owner and brewmaster of Petaluma Hills Brewing Company on a segment they call “The Bohemian Life” that is a new video series that had its first debut this month. This is a Petaluma business run by a Petaluman family, and the video does a great job capturing and telling their story.
It was an honor to be a chili judge at this year’s event. We produced this short video highlighting the day to share with you, and photos and videos of this year’s winners.
And now for photos and videos of this year’s winners
Did you know that our past Good Egg’s choose the next Good Egg each year? This year’s and past years Good Eggs will be featured in a special section of the Argus Courier today. So don’t forget to pick up a copy of today’s issue. Also see their recent article online It’s Time to Celebrate Butter & Egg Days Parade. Also if you missed it check out our post yesterday VIDEO: Janelle Wang NBC Bay Area Announces #Petaluma’s Butter & Egg Days . In it Janelle Wang of NBC Bay Area did a commercial on our parade calling it the Bay Area’s place to be to celebrate our areas agriculture history.
Dr Fred Groverman Chosen Grand Marshall for 2015 Petaluma Butter & Egg Days Parade
We met Steve Kemmerle at this week’s citywide marketing meeting. Wow what this guy does for our city is amazing. In the last year he has grown our veteran’s day parade now drawing over 40,000 visitors per year making it one of the largest veteran’s day parades north of golden gate (Even after the city cut future funding of this event — and the Butter & Egg Days Parade – he had to make that up with fundraising). Some things coming this year is a Korean war vets memorial. They had the Good Egg ceremony honoring Steve and the Grand Marshal this year Dr. Fred Groverman. Steve was described as being humble and I should say this was reflected in his short speech – because he said nothing about him and talked only about the Veteran’s Day parade (something he is obviously passionate about). He talked about passing veterans sometimes looking like he was going to tear up – you can tell the passion in this man’s heart to honor our country’s service men and woman. We can’t think of another person who deserves this award more. They called him the “Unsung Hero” and Kaye Chandler captured the ceremony on video so we thought we would share it with you below in case you missed it.
Also I am sure there will be a lot of information about it in the Argus Courier today (paper copy), however here is the first print of their announcements from the Petaluma Post.
Provided By NBC’s website along with this video is the below:
Honor and enjoy all things Petaluma at this year’s 34th annual Butter and Egg Days Parade and Festival in historic downtown Petaluma. This year’s parade theme, PETALUMA: FERTILE GROUND, celebrates Petaluma’s remarkable fertile ground and will share the success stories of Petaluma’s culture, businesses, schools, legends, and non-profits, past and present.
Look for NBC Bay Area’s very own Janelle Wang, joined by Giants alumni Jeffrey Pacman Leonard in the parade on NBC Bay Area’s float. The festival begins at 10:00 AM, kicking off fun and family-friendly activities and bringing local food, arts and crafts vendors, local businesses, non-profit booths, and more together for this grand event. The main parade begins at 12:00 PM. Petaluma Transit will also be hosting a free ride day during Butter and Egg Days.
For more information and for a schedule of events, click here
Leo Laporte surprised everyone on Sunday when he turned TWiT’s 10-year anniversary into a revival launch of the show Screen Savers, the original show that pushed TWiT into stardom. According to the TWiT website yesterday:
We are thrilled to announce that we will launch The New Screen Savers on May 2, 2015. The New Screen Savers will be a weekly, tech-themed variety show that reinvents the format for the modern age. Each hour-long episode will feature help and how-to segments, insight on the latest tech innovations, products, and trends, plus lots of fun surprises.
Every week, Leo Laporte will be joined by an array of TWiT contributors, including original “Screen Saver” Megan Morrone (née Olesky), Mike Elgan, Jason Howell, Father Robert Ballecer, and Bryan Burnett. Some episodes will also feature guest co-hosts from the original show, including Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, and more.
The New Screen Savers will record live, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific onlive.twit.tv. It will be made available for download and streaming later that evening at twit.tv/tnss.
In and interview with ZDNet Leo said “This is not something I would have tried even a couple years ago,” and went on to say “But we’ve built this infrastructure over time to be able to do what is essentially a broadcast show over the internet.”
The show will be filmed at the TWiT Brickhouse studios in Petaluma, California with a set that was used for the original show. He plans to bring back guests from his original show who were on his 10th Anniversary show, but didn’t know about the launch – they too were all surprised and had no idea this was going to happen when they came out to Petaluma this week.
Also in the ZDNet interview TWiT CEO Lisa Laporte said, “Leo built TWiT because he wanted to capture the magic of ‘The Screen Savers,’ and after ten years of building his vision, we decided it was time to launch our very own variety show. We couldn’t resist naming it, ‘The New Screen Savers.'”
Here is a video they released on YouTube to announce the launch of the New Screen Savers.
. You may want one for your collection.
